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Rags (Poker)
Rags is the name given to hole cards that are of low quality, value and potential. These are more typically hands that cannot be made into a straight easily, are not suited and are not connected.
The term is still applied when one of the cards is a high card, for instance an Ace or King and the second card is a 2 through to 6 or 7. These hands would be considered rags (as they don't work well together). The reason they are not considered good cards is that if the low card pairs, there are very often over cards on the board (so you don't know where you are in the hand) and if the high card pairs, there is a low kicker.
Experienced players often play rags as when they hit, players never put them on the hand which increases the potential to increase their take. That said, the best advice would be to fold them as more often than not, you will need miracle cards to make a decent hand.
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