What "trash" hand do you seem to win a lot of pots with?

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I don’t know why some people play that pair 7-2 10-3, Q-2 it is too weak to play
 
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I don't know if it counts for playing a trash hand, or more a combinations of having a good read of the table and playing trash hands. But, for instance, if there's a raise and two cals before me and I'm late position, I have frequently called with 89 not suited and ended up winning the pot. My theory for this is the previous players have all the good cards in their hands, so there's a better chance for lower cards to be dealt on flop, turn and river. So in this particular situation I have played 89 not suited and frequently won.
 
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My favorite trash hand is J6, suited or not...don't know why but it seems to work. I will usually only play it in late position though.
 
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a hand that I win directly is J-5, or I make a full house or a flush
 
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Well the truth is I would say that the pair and the double pair are hands that often seem to be winners at the table, but there are other combinations that beat you
 
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K8 for some reason has been lucky for me. I do not salivate when i see it and if I play it, it is for other reasons related to the hand I am in.
 
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Is this a trick question? lol I don't play trash, but if I did 'wink wink; 85o, sometimes when I am in the bb, I tend to call a raise or two and sometimes get lucky.
 
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I don't play trash hands very often.
But I like the suited connectors and I often win pots with 54 suited or 32 suited...
Maybe more than with AK :LOL:
 
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If I have to make a list than the top 3 :
:7d4::2s4:
:9c4::2d4:
:8s4::2h4:
 
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I'm rarely in a pot with a bad hand, but I think T5 has won quite a few times when I've been forced to play postflop.
 
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Definitely J4. I don't know what pair of cards that one has, but almost every time I use them, I end up drawing two pairs.
 
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94s,95s on my memory as trash hands which won a lot
 
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The one-eyed cards :jh4::js4::kd4: are my weakness. Anything that has one of these babies is going for the fat pot ride.
 
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That's a good question! 73 for me is a bad hand that seems to win a lot of pots.
 
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The small pocket pairs are great money haulers for me, you cannot really overplay them and when they hit, people don't expect it

:2s4::2h4: :3c4::3d4: :4c4::4s4:
 
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86 suited seems to work fairly often for me . I dont play it in early position or if there has been much of a raise but on the button and in the small blind I've managed to win some decent pots .
 
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All 22 of us like to see the flop even if they make a strong pre-flop bet.
 
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I don't pay much attention to which junk hand to play and which not. I prefer to play profitable hands, and when I have to play garbage hands because of the position, I try to let luck help me no matter what the hand is
 
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My luckiest “junk” hand is 7 5. For some reason, I win pocket pairs most often with it!
 
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94... my favorite... if I get this, I mostly keep it.
 
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