The Computer Hand

It's a story that reeks of being anecdotal, but it has managed to linger around long enough to earn its own place in poker lore. Apparently someone, somewhere, ran a computer simulation to see which hands in Texas Hold'em were worth playing, As the legend goes, this computer revealed that Q-7 was the worst of the profitable hands. In actuality, Q-7-which still carries the nickname of "the computer hand"-is a pretty awful holding, and there's not a winning poker player in the world who would play it with any regularity.