You need to know that one of the aims of playing suited connectors is to win big pots and lose small ones, so keeping the pot manageable is your main goal here. The pot is 56 BB and your opponent checks. If it’s KJ you’re now a 4-1 dog in the hand, and against Q10 you’re not much better. Call and see the turn.Īlthough this didn’t help your hand, it may well have aided your opponents: KJ and Q10 just hit, and these hands are well within the BB’s range with only your raise before him pre-flop. These are the spots where you will make more money if you play them correctly. You have great odds to just call with your 6 ♦ 7 ♦: for example, you’re 40% against trip 4’s and 45% against top two pair. Of course you’re going to play, but a 4-bet here is not the right play (unless you’re absolutely convinced he’s bluffing, but you don’t really want to stack off on a possible read here). A set, top pair/ top kicker or 2 pair are all possible. What you have to realise here is that this flop may well have hit him. Now the BB checks, you make a half-pot continuation bet and he 3-bets you. This is a pretty good flop for you: you have a gutshot and a flush draw. Let’s say only the BB calls, and the flop comes Ok, so you bet 3xBB (limping is almost never a good play, unless you plan to represent a huge hand by 4-betting any raise, and suited connectors have a value which means you won’t want to do this with them). The best spot is when there is a lull in play and/or you haven’t played a lot of hands recently.

Obviously you’d like to see a flop, so you can’t do this if there is a maniac at the table – or a lively bunch of players to act after you. Effectively trying to win hands without having to make one! The modern school of thought places more emphasis on playing hands aggressively, which means raising with your connectors, and pushing them harder on the flop. Simple tricks like re-raising the flop to provoke a check on the turn, thus increasing your odds of hitting, is just as likely to be hit by a re-raise or shove in many games. Getting the right price for your draws is not so easy. The chances of limping in or calling with your pretty little suited-connectors are much fewer, and post-flop play is also more aggressive and accurate than it was before at most levels. Pots are open-raised much more often, 3-betting is commonplace and 4- or 5-betting ranges are well thought out and practiced. Modern school: the game is more aggressive and you’re less likely to see a flop.

This makes sense, in that more opponent’s means more money in the pot, and deeper stacks also come into play, as you need people to be able to pay you off when you hit, however….

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