One-gaps and two-gaps

#1 19th February 2011, 8:10 PM

I'm not new to hold 'em, but I am new to trying to play it in a "correct" way to maximize my winnings.

Am I leaving money on the table by being very conservative about suited connectors that aren't actually connected -- say, 8-10 suited rather than 9-10 suited or 8-9 suited?

I basically consider them as not suited connectors, or garbage. I see others, however, who seem much more comfortable with playing them forward, or even playing suited cards with two gaps between them, say Q-9 suited.

#2 19th February 2011, 11:10 PM

From the cutoff or the button, these hands can be quite good. They can flop monsters and if they don't hit, you can get away from them. Obviously, it depends on the specific table, who is in the blinds etc. Position is key in these types of hands, don't open them from EP or MP.

#3 20th February 2011, 12:28 AM

Oh!!.. ok.. 'connectors'... I thought you were talking about something entirely different for a second there.
Pretty much as with alot of poker > 'it depends'.

#4 20th February 2011, 3:36 AM

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Originally Posted by puncture

At full tables and non-play at full tables are very different, less a person are not the same

Spot On! Great Advise! Couldn't of said it better myself. would love to here more of your game analysis/strategy.

Seriously though...to the op what type of poker do you play cash, mtt, stt? Like Orifice said it depends.

In general they are great when you are going to the flop multihanded, in late position, and either get to open the betting or see the flop on the cheap. Just get away from it quick if you don't "connect".

#5 20th February 2011, 6:16 PM

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Originally Posted by tusabes

Spot On! Great Advise! Couldn't of said it better myself. would love to here more of your game analysis/strategy.

Seriously though...to the op what type of poker do you play cash, mtt, stt? Like Orifice said it depends.

In general they are great when you are going to the flop multihanded, in late position, and either get to open the betting or see the flop on the cheap. Just get away from it quick if you don't "connect".

MTTs with a dash of ring games is what I play.

What's historically frustrated me is that opponents will stay in a hand fishing for a straight even after I've made it cost-prohibative with bets on the flop and turn, then hit their straight on the river.

When you say "get away from it quick if you don't connect," does that basically mean "if you don't end up with an open-ended straight draw or four to a flush after the flop?" Or do you work with some gut-shots post-flop?

#6 20th February 2011, 7:07 PM

You almost never have odds to chase a gut-shot, unless you have something else going on (flush draw and/or pair).

Let them fish -- if you have bet enough to make it a wrong decision, you have done what you can. Sometimes you need to bet a bit extra, to make it a REALLY bad decision -- if you cut it too thin, a lot of people enjoy the chase.

But I am going off-topic. I love the gapped connectors, as long as they are high-ish cards.

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