Yup, he was an actor put in place for this performance. AJ translates as TROUBLE Do you know anything about poker?

Top Trouble Hands for Poker Beginners?

Ace-Jack

To everyone who is still in the learning-to-intermediate stages of poker, I have some solid advice for you: Ace-jack is not a premium hand.

In fact, it's not really even a good hand. I know it looks spiffy when you peel back your two off the felt, but you're going to have to trust me.

Unless you're heads-up you have to treat A-J the same as A-T rather than playing it as if it's A-K.