yuriko oyama
Legend
Platinum Level
I honestly try to avoid them because I see them more as traps for me than for others. When they make a flush, we often lose to bigger flushes. When they make two pairs, we find ourselves losing to better two pairs. In short, for me, they are really bad hands, and for me to play them, I only play them if I'm in the big blind and other players limp in, otherwise I don't play.
Rahul P Gopal
Rock Star
Platinum Level
48o for me … lolWe've all seen the advice to just throw away your rag hands such asor
Is there a lucky trash hand that you like to play because it seems to win way more often than it should?
Roller
Legend
Platinum Level
For me, it’s got to be 72. The classic trash hand. I don’t know what it is, but every time I decide to play it (usually on a whim), the board just seems to cooperate. It’s almost like the poker gods reward me for the audacity. That or J4—those junky offsuit combos that somehow flop miracles.
Academico
Rock Star
Bronze Level
For me, it’s usually small suited connectors like 6♠5♠ or 7♦6♦. On paper, they’re considered ‘trash’ because they’re low and don’t have much immediate value, but they surprise opponents when they hit straights, flushes, or even two pair. I think the reason they work is partly psychological—opponents often underestimate them and I’ve learned to play them carefully, reading the table and knowing when to fold or push. It’s a reminder that even hands that seem weak can be powerful if played with patience, strategy, and a bit of creativity
Gritz18
Legend
Platinum Level
Since I only play freerolls, I usually call with hands considered bad, if I have them in the BB, and the raise amount is as low as 2bb, but I only do this with connected hands or even suited hands.
robertboz
Legend
Platinum Level
7♠ 2♣ — you win with it, you remember it. 😄 Some players even have superstitions that their 'lucky hand' is a trash hand — but because they won once with it, they play it more often, thus creating a story around it.
player4533456
Rock Star
Platinum Level
I think Doyle Brunson said he probably ended up losing more money playing T2o than he won, even though he won two wsop ME titles with it. So... if there is some trash hand I might think keeps winning for me it probably isn't true. I wish some sites still had the 72 game like UB did back in the day. 5bet shoving and getting a fold plus the bounties from the entire table is probably one of my favorite bluffs I ever ran.
Dushka
Rock Star
Platinum Level
Me too 🙊
Dreadstunlock
Rising Star
Bronze Level
We've all seen the advice to just throw away your rag hands such as
Is there a lucky trash hand that you like to play because it seems to win way more often than it should?
Funny you should mention that hand 👀 7 bluffs I had in a single tournament and won
Marcwantstowin
Member of the T.S.T
Moderator
Nice one Bill.
It is funny how winning with so-called trash hands always seems better live. Well done on the win though