Poker Advice For Fools

So you’ve hadn’t had a playable hand in two hours. You look down and see Ace-Queen off suit. Doesn’t that look nice? It’s like grabbing that cold glass of beer on the hot day in the sun. You’re out of position so you raise big, four times the big blind. Everyone folds until the cut-off three bets you all-in. Now what?

Ace-Queen is the worse hand in poker and playing it is the easiest way to go broke. I’d rather play a 7-2 than Ace-Queen. At least with 7-2 you can get away easy of you miss or get raised, but those pretty cards, with that bitch and her pointy headed friend, they’ll make you think you’ve got gold. And if you catch a good flop with 7-2, like a 7-7-2 flop, you can take down a huge pot. Not so much with Ace-Queen.

The problem is, you either going to get the blinds and antes, or you going to lose everything. If someone plays back at you, they’ve got you crushed, plan and simple. The best you can hope for is a low pocket pair and then you’re still and underdog. Usually you’ll be called with Ace’s, Kings, or Ace-King. The only time you might get lucky with some fish and get called by Ace-Jack or maybe even Ace-Ten, but if you do, invite me to the fame.

My advice for this hand, play it as you would a low pocket pair. Try to get in cheap and see the flop. If you miss, dump it.

One more thing, I know there is more to playing low pocket pairs than my example. But we can get into that later.