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Originally Posted by Oroku$aki
Aside, I've read that AK was called "walking back to Houston" because the old rounders played it so well they sent their opponents home broke without cab or bus fare, but I've also read it was called that because people would overplay it and find themselves walking back to Houston. They can't both be correct, can they?
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Originally Posted by True North
I’ve heard the second story many times — TJ Cloutier mentions it in his NL book — but never the first.
I read the first in some poker book, possibly Big Deal, and was like, nah, it's got to be from overplaying it (I mean, it's
Texas Holdem). Just doesn't make sense given how many nicknames for it are about overplaying/it never winning.