Poker players jokingly coined the name “Anna Kurnikova” for AK, thanks to the initials of the famous Russian tennis player being on the cards and the hand is one that “looks good but never wins anything.”īack in the old days of the game, poker legend TJ Cloutier coined the term “Walking Back to Huston.” He used it to refer to Huston players coming to Dallas to play cards, losing all their money with AK, and walking back to Huston with empty pockets and a bad beat story. “The Big Slick,” as AK is often referred to, is the strongest poker hand that will lead you down a slippery slope and put you in some dangerous situations, perhaps as often as it will win a big pot. While it is one of the strongest starting hands, it is not a pocket pair, leading to many players often referring to it as “just another drawing hand.” #2 – The Big Slick/Anna Kurnikova/Walking Back to Huston (AK)Īce-King is one of the most controversial hands in the game of poker.