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OBJECTIVE OF PASS THE TRASH: Win the pot at showdown by having the highest hand.

NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 2-7 players

NUMBER OF CARDS: standard 52-card deck

RANK OF CARDS: A, K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2

TYPE OF GAME: Selection/Rejection Poker

AUDIENCE: Family

INTRODUCTION PASS THE TRASH

Pass the Trash, or Anaconda, is a poker game that involves passing unwanted cards to other players. These instructions assume players are familiar with traditional Poker. This variation on poker allows up to seven players.

THE DEAL & THE PLAY

After the antes are paid, the dealer passes each player seven cards face-down. The players look at their cards and begin a round of betting, starting with the player directly to the left of the dealer. Players may bet (call), raise, or fold.

The players who are active then place three unwanted cards in front of them, on the table. Once all players are ready, they are passed to the left. Players examine their new hand and the second round of betting follows.

Players repeat, only reducing the number of cards passed by 1 each round. So, players pass two cards left then bet, then they pass a single card left and bet.

After the passing of cards is completed, players may “Roll Your Own,” and re-arrange the five cards you want to assemble your hand from in the order you wish for them to be turned over. After the five cards have been chosen (and possible arranged), place them face-down in a stack in front of you.

Turn the first card over and begin a round of betting, starting with the player who has high-card. This continues until there are four cards face-up and one face-down.

After the last round of betting, remaining players show their hands, the player with the highest hand at showdown wins the pot.

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VARIATIONS

Hi/Lo

Pass the Trash Poker has the ability to be played high-low. Prior to showdown, players must declare whether they are going for a high hand or a low hand, the two players with the highest and lowest hands (who correctly called it) split the pot.

Dealer’s Choice

The dealer may specify the pattern of passing. For example, they may mandate that when passing three cards, they must be passed three people to the left.

Howdy Doody

This variation on Pass the Trash is played Hi/Lo with wild cards. Threes are wild for high hands and Kings are wild for low hands. If you call both, your wild cards must be played for high and low, respectively.

REFERENCES:

https://www.pagat.com/poker/variants/passthetrash.html

https://www.pokernews.com/news/2006/12/fun-home-poker-rules-anaconda.htm

The “good ol’ days” when poker games were mostly quiet and played by people with the proverbial “poker faces”seems to be gone, with the influx of “trash talking” both in online and in live poker games.

The question being asked by many players is whether trash talking works or not.

The Emergence of Trash Talking

Trash talking is a natural part of poker, mainly because it is a game which involves equal parts psychology and bluff: rattling your opponents is always a good thing, especially if it pushes them into making mistakes. The activity is kept under control during live games, however, because it is not unheard of for fights to break out between players or, as in many Westerns or gangster movies, for people to start shooting over a bad hand or an uncalled for remark.

Trash talking appears to be a commonplace event in today’s casinos and poker rooms. Some observers attribute it to the popularity of online poker – of which many players “graduate” to live games, carrying their internet playing habits with them. Online poker players are used to playing alone or with themselves so they usually pace around and talk to themselves. Moreover, people who are quite verbose in online games (players online converse through chat boards in the online casino) have a hard time getting out of the habit of using “talk” to distract their opponents.

Whereas online, other opponents can merely tune out such talk (by closing the chat window), it’s harder to tune out talk during live games.

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The other culprit they point to is television coverage of poker games, such as the World Series of Poker with some players actually playing to the camera. They note that the objective remains the same – to rattle the other players into making mistakes – but the camera picks this up and makes it seem that it is all right to do so, which gets the practice perpetuated.

But Does It Work as Part of Your Poker Strategy?

Experts are divided on the matter, usually saying that it depends on the players at the game – and whether you’re playing online or live.

In general, experts believe that trash talking online doesn’t really work – mainly because it is an anonymous game played over the internet, and ‘trash talk’ is limited to online text messages that are easy to ignore. More importantly, the action goes swiftly at online poker games – cards are dealt swiftly, people raise or fold just as fast, and hands are over and done with in minutes – leaving little time or opportunity for all-out trash talking.

Focus is important in online games. This is the main reason why most attempts at trash talk or rattling your opponents with words seldom works.

Live games, on the other hand, are another matter. Some people are definitely affected by trash talkers to the point of losing their focus on the game. Nevertheless, experts note that the more experienced or top caliber players are not easily sidetracked.

Veteran poker players cannot easily get rattled because they’ve “been there, done that” and they’ve learned their lessons early on. If and when they lose in a game with a trash talker, bad cards, rather that the trash talk is generally the reason.

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In the end, most experts advise caution when trash talking at a live poker game as a poker strategy. At best, you’ll weed out the ‘weak’ players but you’ll end up playing with those who are not affected by your antics who may just be tempted to make you lose your stack and to make you eat your cards to shut you up.