How do you play medium to low suited one-gap and two-gap connectors?
spunka
Visionary
Hands like that is good early in a tournament, when you can see a flop for almost free, you want to see the flop with these hands to win a disguised big pot.
So playing when you can post your normal raise sieze and expect not to be reraise…. so you need passive players behind you, or be close to end the betting round, BB, SB, and But spots. You need a good read on your opponents and know when not to spend money on trying to filll up on draws.
So playing when you can post your normal raise sieze and expect not to be reraise…. so you need passive players behind you, or be close to end the betting round, BB, SB, and But spots. You need a good read on your opponents and know when not to spend money on trying to filll up on draws.
spunka
Visionary
If you call with them in 3 bet you need to know that you opponents fold too much, so your read must be good on them. Normally it is not good to play hands that you know will have -ev against your opponents range, and if you do and get caught doing that, good players will target you.
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Station_Master
Rock Star
I wouldn't call 3bets with these hands. Too weak. You could open from BU or SB and they make reasonable BB defends. Note something like 86s is alot stronger than 42s as it will hit more boards and has more straight possibilities
dreamer13
Legend
In hold'em, there is a fairly high chance of getting connectors preflop (15.7%), but for them to be suited - the percentage is not so great. In Texas hold'em, flopping a straight with connectors is 1.3%, and collecting a straight draw with the probability of strengthening it on the following streets is 10.5%. At the same time, with two suited cards, the chance of making a flush on the flop is 0.8%, and a flush draw is 11%.Since you can make both a straight and a flush with suited connectors, your chances of hitting a combination already on the flop increase. However, as with all streets, you will have more outs.At the same time, the chances of winning increase as the connectors approach the ace, it is easy to calculate this using a poker calculator.The positive point is the high playability of pocket pockets on the postflop. A plus is the good adaptability of suited connectors for multiway play.
UnderDawg5501
Enthusiast
On the subject of low/middle suited connectors.. Search on youtube for "Annie Duke - Making Better Decisions, Part 1"
There is also a Part 2 ..
She is a pro giving a seminar on poker and goes into details about why they are not as good as you may think.
Mind altering concepts for me...
There is also a Part 2 ..
She is a pro giving a seminar on poker and goes into details about why they are not as good as you may think.
Mind altering concepts for me...
Rost
Visionary
I never play with such junk. Why risk once again and play with such garbage if you can wait for strong cards and significantly increase your chances of a good result.
Sicamous
Enthusiast
I just watched a video on Jonathan Little's channel about this. Maybe you will enjoy it.
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The PERFECT Way To Play SUITED CONNECTORS!
Suited connectors can be some of the most profitable hands in poker, but only if you know how to play them correctly! In this live poker video, I will show y...
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Sopt
Enthusiast
On MTT I rarely play such cards, even at start of tournaments. More often than not they are just a chip loss, which you don't just replace like you can do in cash games. I'd only see myself playing such hands if we have people limping or min betting and I'm in late spots.
But when we're talking about cash games, especially 6-max, those hands become way more valuable. They are extremely good against passive and weaker players as they don't expect your nuts straight or cheeky flushes while holding top 2 pairs and such. There is nothing wrong with even calling 3bets with them now and then, because in the long run if you play them properly they can net you a lot of money. That all being said, that doesn't mean that you just play it every time you get them. First you must assess how the game is played at the table and who are you against.
But when we're talking about cash games, especially 6-max, those hands become way more valuable. They are extremely good against passive and weaker players as they don't expect your nuts straight or cheeky flushes while holding top 2 pairs and such. There is nothing wrong with even calling 3bets with them now and then, because in the long run if you play them properly they can net you a lot of money. That all being said, that doesn't mean that you just play it every time you get them. First you must assess how the game is played at the table and who are you against.
dzsire
Visionary
I don't usually play with these, at most when there are few in the party or when a lot of people get in and there is no raise.
Against many players, you can still see some luck against higher cards when low cards come on the flop. Of course, you have to get to the flop for that...
Against many players, you can still see some luck against higher cards when low cards come on the flop. Of course, you have to get to the flop for that...
JappsPK
Rock Star
Life coach?