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

[mammadduke]

We've all seen the advice to just throw away your rag hands such as or and save your chips for a better hand. However, the worst bad beats in tournaments seem to come from players who entered pots with similar "worthless" hands, and wound up cracking your AA and taking all of your chips.

Is there a lucky trash hand that you like to play because it seems to win way more often than it should?

K9 off suit especially in replay

 

[Sebbour]

I really tend to not play with trash hands but sometimes I'm in the game with them (as BB most of the time). I rarely get something out of them and most of the time I don't get anything. But I don't have favorite trash hand.

 

[Academico]

For me, it’s 74. By any normal standard, it’s a garbage hand, but somehow it manages to win more often than it has any right to. I usually play it as a speculative hand in late position or when I can apply pressure post-flop, and it works surprisingly well for stealing pots or hitting unexpected straights and flushes.

What’s funny is that I rarely hit the nuts; more often, I win because opponents overcommit with marginal hands or fold under pressure. It’s a good reminder that in poker, the “strength” of a hand isn’t just in the cards—it’s in position, timing, and reading your opponents.

 

[bapfel]

any off suited small cards with one space between, that make double pair on the flop or a straight that is not obvious to recognise from 35o til 79o

 

[Rldetheflop]

I seem to win frequently with Q2. I don't play it often but if I get free peak from the BB it seems to hit often

 

[Dimidrol2]

I played with AQ, and I can tell you that it's a trashy hand.

 

[zorro222_zorro222]

probably 35 suited

 

[phuchoidey1]

For me it is 3-9, 4-10

 

[Mag_P1e]

I don't know how it happened, but I had a stretch where my opponents' hand drove me crazy and knocked me out of tournaments time after time.

 

[lyki67]

It's seems to me that I win often pocket hand with Jack and one card under ten. It must not be suited.

 

[renisundernet]

Mine is Q6 most consistent but there are more that I should discard but I don't.

 

[thedarkman]

The only times I play trash hands are in an unraised big blind or when I am so short stacked I can't really fold.

 

[ManOfSky]

I try not to fall in love with trash hands, but I’ll admit 9♠4♠ has cracked monsters for me more than once. Pure variance, but it sticks in memory.

 

[KeyPatience]

Yesterday I won a hand with 7 2 suited on the BB with a favourable flop! 😅

 

[janwar]

For me it’s 7♦2♠, the classic trash hand. I don’t play it often, but for some reason when I do, it either hits a sneaky two pair or I just bluff with it and get folds. It’s funny how the “worst” hand in poker sometimes ends up being the most memorable one.

 

[jardo5240]

2 and 3

 

[Marcwantstowin]

2 and 3

@jardo5240

Please explain in more detail what you mean,

Thank you

Marc

 

[DiazPoker3101]

7-4s and if it's spades even better, you'd be surprised how many times you flop straights or flushes from BB defense.

 

[Mantinhoo]

I try to stick to solid ranges, but sometimes hands like or sneak in a lot of unexpected wins—especially in tournaments when people get creative. It’s more about timing and position than the hand itself. Those “trash” hands feel lucky when they hit, but I wouldn’t rely on them consistently!

 

[vivek5522____]

9 4 offsuit
Every time that I decide to play this hand somehow I more than 75 percent of time flop two pair of top pair.

 

[Luvepoker]

I rarely every play super deep trash. Depending on the situation i can and have raised every hand including 72o. I will do this when the players to act are very tight or shorter stacks on the money bubble and they will cash if they don't play.

Other than that, the biggest trash hand I play is 69o. I know I know what people may think its for but that's not the reason I play it. It is a hand I have seen crack a lot of big hands and I use it as the bluff hand when i get it. Unless its a hand where someone raised 2 callers and a 3bet I will for but other than that I raise it.

Funny story. When I played in my 1st and only WPT main event a player raised in front of me. I look down at 69o and look at the raiser. Can i do this against him? I raise confidently and really worried and this time. It folds to him and he sits there looking at me shows an ace and folds. I knew he had me as a tighter player but I needed to try this just once in my life. I will never be a professional player but i did get a bluff by Shawn Deeb

 

[chicbulls2]

7 4 offsuit, and 9 5, really dont know why

 

[Dzill_230]

I read and smile: because someone says they don’t play such hands, while others admit they love to push with them – but in real time, it’s a matter of statistics and observation: who wins or loses with what. Personally, I only play such hands in cases of desperation when the stack is so small that waiting to be wiped out by the increasing blinds and antes is no longer an option. Sometimes it works – that’s why I go for 10 and 3 and better suited hands, but when the moment to act comes, there’s no time for second-guessing, and we push with what we have, even off-suit.

 

[margmilo44]

I, on occasion play 3,5 off suit…I do it because my son won a 360 player tournament on Full Tilt when he was 12…his friends were waiting for him to come to a birthday party, but all of them watched him playing poker online…he probably had 3,5 os three or four times during the tournament, and played them aggressively , eventually winning a ticket to a $1000 tournament.

35 offsuit isn’t just a hand, it’s a lifestyle choice. your son was out here rewriting poker history at twelve while the other kids were still figuring out how to blow up balloons. he played 35 like it was aces, turned a birthday party into a watch party, and snatched a $1000 ticket like it was nothing. that’s not luck, that’s pure main character energy.

 

[LiviuRo123]

In poker, a "trash" hand that you surprisingly win a lot of pots with is often something like 7-2 offsuit or any small suited connectors (like 5-4 suited, 6-5 suited). These hands are weak by standard rankings, but you can win a lot if you play them aggressively, steal blinds, or hit unexpected straights or flushes.

Basically, it's not the hand itself that makes you win-it's position, aggression, and reading your opponents.