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I am widening my range in order to make me less of a nit. I wanted to add 67s-10Js. I want to check I understand the basics of playing suited connectors. I am playing at the micro stake level.
Firstly you have to be aggressive with SCs. The amount of times you flop huge hands will be very few and fair between and if it's a flush you're unlikely to be paid off. Therefore you have to be willing to Cbet against players who often fold to cbets and re-raise against players who often cbet and fold when 3 bet. Therefore these stats of the potential opponents should be checked before I call a PFR or before undertaking a PFR.
The circumstances when I will play SCs
Specific actions
If I catch a flush draw (2 suited cards on flop) and OESD I over bet the pot or re-raise all in if they bet.
If I catch a flush draw and GSSD I will be doing similar (not always depending on the pot odds and how many players I'm against) as above as I still have around 45% equity not including fold equity.
If I miss completely I have to be willing to c-bet a lot and re-raise c-bets to make these hands profitable. This is why I need to check my potential opponents hands before calling/raising with these hands pre flop.
If they re-raise my c-bet I will probably fold. If they call my re-raise and the turn card is a scary one I may have a go at it but I will most likely check/fold.
I would like your thoughts on whether I understand how to play these hands correctly, any advice about what %'s I should be looking for in my potential opponents stats and any other advice on how to play these tricky hands.
Firstly you have to be aggressive with SCs. The amount of times you flop huge hands will be very few and fair between and if it's a flush you're unlikely to be paid off. Therefore you have to be willing to Cbet against players who often fold to cbets and re-raise against players who often cbet and fold when 3 bet. Therefore these stats of the potential opponents should be checked before I call a PFR or before undertaking a PFR.
The circumstances when I will play SCs
- if they are suited (3% more equity);
- if I am in late position;
- calling a PFR for no more than 5% of my stack;
- if my opponent and I have big stacks (greater implied odds);
- the potential opponents fold to a cbet often (I don't know a figure to put on this to make this profitable say 50%+); and
- or the opponent cbets often but folds to a 3bet a higher % of the time (again I have no idea what this figure should be)
Specific actions
If I catch a flush draw (2 suited cards on flop) and OESD I over bet the pot or re-raise all in if they bet.
If I catch a flush draw and GSSD I will be doing similar (not always depending on the pot odds and how many players I'm against) as above as I still have around 45% equity not including fold equity.
If I miss completely I have to be willing to c-bet a lot and re-raise c-bets to make these hands profitable. This is why I need to check my potential opponents hands before calling/raising with these hands pre flop.
If they re-raise my c-bet I will probably fold. If they call my re-raise and the turn card is a scary one I may have a go at it but I will most likely check/fold.
I would like your thoughts on whether I understand how to play these hands correctly, any advice about what %'s I should be looking for in my potential opponents stats and any other advice on how to play these tricky hands.
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