How do you play with garbage hands?[emoji30]

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I don't like them but they might hit also top hands☝️☝️☝️
 
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if you are referring to hands like 72 through to hands like 94 you dont, you simply dont, when the action gets wrong to you, you simply fold. If you happen to be the big blind and they are no open raises then you simple check and probably pray you flop trips or two pair or even full house. But thrash hands like the ones i mention or not good for pre-flop.
 
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People often playing with monster cards and you can try to play a garbage cards if they are suited :D but not always :))
 
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While bad hands might hit flops hard sometimes or end up being the best hand in the end, they're never going to win often enough to justify playing them. You'll always lose more than you profit when playing bad hands.

Fold them.
 
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Id say with garbage hands you dont play, only if u know what ure doin lol. Anyway small cards often bring big pots so give a try
 
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Pretty sure people fold like 90% of their hands. Poker seems like a very exciting game 24/7 on the tellie but really you only do the exciting stuff the 10% of the time.
But sometimes when I have a trash hand and I see people before me check after a flop I do a small bet and sometimes it makes people fold. If they call or raise I just fold.
 
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In poker, weak cards can bring only problems but they win very seldom and play with them is unprofitable !!! Sometimes I play with weak cards in late position and if steak allows !!!!
 
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Garbage hands is garbage.
Look for gold from garbage is possible, but you must pay what it require.
 
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I almost always throw away garbage hands and play them very rarely, it all depends on stack, position and the bets in front of me.
 
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In many cases the hands that are rubbish throw them, but in the case of coming first in the tournament and having large margin in chips, you can play climbing a pair of blinds and see the development of the hand. We must come with a very positive streak of victories;)
 
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Garbage only play in late position and preferably accurately.
 
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If the stack allows, you can see the flop ... but usually fold.
 
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Garbage hands is greate only for FOLD lol.. But this shouldn’t stop you from trying to bully other players into folding the blinds (from position ofc). Just make sure that you have a backup plan if you get re-raised.
 
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I don't like them but they might hit also top hands☝️☝️☝️


I recommend that you download a poker program like poker stove or equilab,
they are completely free. They are basically equity calculators. I think this site has 1 ....Cardschat has everything!! Woohoo.... Anyway using this program in your spare time you can see just what chance these "garbage" hands have of winning against other positions ranges. Some suited hands that some people consider garbage actually play well postflop and some hands that people think are "good" hands actually do not. Remember the 2 cards in your hand are only a small part of the puzzle. What position, what was the action before you how many left behind, what kind of players are in the hand.... Study, study and play play. I do not consider 2 cards garbage by themselves
 
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I think suited low hands are the best , like 5 and 6 of clubs these are my favorite type of hands to play because when people raise actually they usually have 2 high cards like ace king or something like that , so if you flop a 2 pair or a straight or flush draw that's insane you can completely check and let him raise for you :D
 
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In late positions, you can sometimes steal blinds with a garbage hand
 
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With a garbage hand you can play only in freerolls !!!
In a normal tournament or cash game, I throw off those hands.
 
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Depends on what you call "garbage" and on your position. Opening what most people would call garbage from the button or late position is often a fine move. You can't always rely on getting big hands to start. Dry streaks happen and you have to squeeze as much as you can out of them to stay alive.
 
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I usually fold them, but sometimes if I notice that players are being really shy to play their hands, then I tend to bluff a bit.
 
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Rubbish hands play rarely. For example, when for a long time nothing good comes or when the stack ends and you need to double! And in most cases I play such hands if I have a feeling that I will fall into the flop! It is necessary to play such hands aggressively in my opinion)
 
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If you're playing sit n go's and notice that people are really tight and only play face cards or pocket pairs you can get away with calling and minimum raising until they fold. Works for me a lot when SnG grinding.
 
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If to tell in general - with garbage hands I do fold.
There are times, when a long time do not come strong pocket cards and then I go into the game with a garbage hand (only in the later positions) - here I'm only bluffing. But first at the table I create an image of a tight player. In addition, if the hand is played by more than 3 opponents, the probability of winning is reduced to a minimum.
 
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In particular I do not like to play marginal hands only that I find final positions with the intention of stealing the mowing. Or that I find myself in the blinds and all find Limp, if I can not connect anything on the flop and follow the action by the rivals, it is not worth losing more chips, so I retire. :rolleyes:
 
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If the pot odds allow, you can call any hand to see the flop.
 
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While bad hands might hit flops hard sometimes or end up being the best hand in the end, they're never going to win often enough to justify playing them. You'll always lose more than you profit when playing bad hands.

Fold them.

Exactly this. The percentages aren't in your favour no matter how badly you want to risk it.

Sure you might call with a bad hand and get lucky but the majority of the time you do it you'll just be throwing chips away.
 
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