suited connectors, raise?

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When I first started playing, I usually almost raised suited connectors in position. As time progressed, I opted out of doing so because it wasn't working for me very well. Lately, I've taken the approach of doing so in later stages of the tournament but not in early. When I get reraised, I usually just fold if they're in the low end. Does this approach seem appropriate?
 
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yes... BUT!
1. if you play them in early stage I would raise little or even limp here and there
2. late stage make sure you stack can handle suited conectors
 
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Agree with asedu.
In early stage when it's posibble to a lot of weak players will call your raise better is only call it with think of set mining.
 
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For me, as with most plays, the right way to play suited connectors is dependent on position.

And even in late position, caution must be the order of the day. If there is big raise or even a raise and reraise before me, , my small (9 down) suited connectors are in the muck without hesitation.

For me also these hands need to hit a strong draw or better on the flop to keep me in it.
 
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connectors it a good chance to dubble up you stack, on early stage tournament, then you hit in set...
you can limp it ... and you can min raise it ...
and won many chips
 
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connectors are good for wining big pot, but must be ready to easy fold if you are not nutz :D
 
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with suited connectors I go limp in the bank, in order to see the flop cheaply, well and further on the situation
 
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with suited connectors I go limp in the bank, in order to see the flop cheaply, well and further on the situation

this can be good BUT, gives your A3o,JTo... ops chanses to see free flop. So when you do this be careful
 
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Suited connectors are a pretty good hand to play. If you're up against AA, you're only a 38% to win like with 89 suited.
 
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I play mostly bounty tournaments and i love them!! Made me more bounties than big pairs!! :)
 
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Any Suited connectors can be limped, raised, 3-beted. The most important thing that you have decided to perform, what opponents against you and what a cards you got on the flop.
 
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suited connectors can have value after flop not before, so it's better to play them passive preflop, but if you're low stack it's an easy shove. after flop the range of decisions are high basically depends of opponents reading.
 
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What is important in poker is to put everything in perspective of advantages. There are 3 advantages in tournament poker: 1) Card advantage (or potential advantage); 2) Position; and 3) Initiative.

I teach my students to think about advantages and not the cards themselves. With suited connectors this is how you should think about the hand. Is my stack deep enough to pay off to a potential card advantage? ie If I raise, is my stack deep enough to get a big payoff if I hit a big hand? Do I have position? Will my raise obtain position? Can I make the players left to act who have position on me fold with a raise? Can I win this pot with initiative? that means, if you raise preflop, can you win the pot post flop without hitting your hand?

If these questions obtain yes answers, you should tend to raise with your suited connectors. Remember poker isn't always about having the best hand. You only need the best hand if your opponents make it to showdown.

Too many poker books teach an old stale system of thinking of only thinking of card strength in absolutes and forgetting potential strength and initiative as valuable advantages.
 
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If I sit in an early position and to me there were raises i don't play small suited connectors. if I sit in a late position and wasn't rais i do make limp or rais. In other cases I prefer not to play small suited connectors. big suited connectors I play more often.
 
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I won a lot with 3,4 of spades. Big pot, couple flushes and a full house. I won with straight flush. Great feeling.
 
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I've taken a similar path OP. I've found that raising early just spews chips with multi-way pots and the way to avoid that is to avoid the marginal spots altogether and play stronger hands and later positions. Later on the play tightens up considerably so raises are more likely to be noticed.
 
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usually I only use Call in position with Letters connected!
 
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Yah, early tournament, suited connectors are not worth your time.

Mid tournament is where they come in handy in position, while making some hands.

Late tourney they are nice shove options to steal blinds with or if your stack can handle just opening them. It depends on how tight your table /players in the blinds seats are playing.
 
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if you have a raiser you just call with suited connecter, doesn't matter what stage of game. If your stack is bigger than 30bb, folding is not in discussion. You can 3-bet, but it hurts to 3-bet-fold with 98s, so just call. It is better to 3-bet with gappers, like 97s or 96s in position, because you just fold easily to 4-bet, and if they call you have good chance to flop something decent. If action folded to you, never limp, just raise with every hand you open.
 
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Seeing this information, make your own conclusions, as you should play suited connect

With what probability will we get the connectors pre-flop and how often we get into the board:
- Suited connectors will come to us somewhat less often - in 3.92% of cases.
- How often will we get a two-way straight draw? In 9.3% of cases.
- On the flop we will have a straight with a probability of 1.3%.
What is the probability of collecting a flush draw and a flush with suited connectors?
- Flush Draw - .11%
- Flash - 0.84%.
Seeing this information, make your own conclusions, as you should play suited connectors and in what cases.
 
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