No matter how I play AQ, it is still a cursed hand...

No matter how I play AQ, it is still a cursed hand. I know, I know. I should just lay it down and treat it as 72o. Nope, I just dont have the discipline to day. It was even suited this time. Yep, it got me tonight in the 8pm $6,000 Guarantee on FUll Tilt Poker. AQd. Pretty as it wanted to be. 364 Players started this tourney and we are down 90 something players remaining. Top 36 Players make money. Here is how it went down this time:

FullTiltPoker Game #196577945: $6,000 Guarantee (1189130), Table 9 - 100/200 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:35:41 ET - 2005/08/25
Seat 1: surfskum (6,390)
Seat 2: weazel79 (4,860)
Seat 3: KappaMan (2,750)
Seat 4: mfdfire (10,165)
Seat 5: AjiconAji (6,990)
Seat 7: masonman69 (5,660)
Seat 8: dr_dave13 (2,420)
Seat 9: Billy1971 (2,140)
weazel79 posts the small blind of 100
KappaMan posts the big blind of 200
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KappaMan [Qd Ad]
mfdfire raises to 700
AjiconAji has 15 seconds left to act
AjiconAji folds
masonman69 calls 700
dr_dave13 folds
Billy1971 folds
surfskum folds
weazel79 folds
KappaMan calls 500
*** FLOP *** [Qc 7d 7h]
KappaMan bets 2,050, and is all in
mfdfire raises to 8,350
masonman69 has 15 seconds left to act
masonman69 folds
mfdfire shows [Kd Kc]
KappaMan shows [Qd Ad]
Uncalled bet of 6,300 returned to mfdfire
*** TURN *** [Qc 7d 7h] [2s]
*** RIVER *** [Qc 7d 7h 2s] [9h]
mfdfire shows two pair, Kings and Sevens
KappaMan shows two pair, Queens and Sevens
mfdfire wins the pot (6,300) with two pair, Kings and Sevens
KappaMan stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 6,300 | Rake 0
Board: [Qc 7d 7h 2s 9h]
Seat 1: surfskum (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: weazel79 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: KappaMan (big blind) showed [Qd Ad] and lost with two pair, Queens and Sevens
Seat 4: mfdfire showed [Kd Kc] and won (6,300) with two pair, Kings and Sevens
Seat 5: AjiconAji didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: masonman69 folded on the Flop
Seat 8: dr_dave13 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: Billy1971 didn't bet (folded)

I'm in the BB. Big Stack next to me has been raising with anything so, he raises as expected. One more caller comes in for the ride. I call. Now, I could have pushed here. However, I know with my stack, no matter what I have he will call. So, I just call his raise and we see a flop. Flop comes Q77. Perfect. No way they are holding a 7 I say. However, I sense the AQ curse. I know its about to hit me. However, I have to let it hit me if its gonna hit me. And that it does. I push all in for about $2000 and he pushes all-in for and Mid-position folds. Big Chips shows KK. I'm done unless a Q hits on the Turn or River. Well, here I am writing this. No Q. Big Syd is sent to the rail in 96th Place (96/364).

Somebody please help me get rid of the AQ curse. I'm open to vodoo, witches, whatever. Please help me. (j/k)

Oh well. Time to play the 10pm $6,000 Guarantee or the 10:30pm Borgata sat for Saturday.

-Big Syd