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Playing suited connectors in six- Max No-limit Hold'em

• 30.06.2025 7:37 pm
• Helen
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Suited connectors can either be your best friend or your worst enemy

For quite a lot of poker players it normally leans on the love affair.

It is very simple to understand why the suited connectors can make the straights and the flushes, which happen to be the genuine big pot hands.

Certainly, the big pocket pair will win you several small pots. However, suited connectors will win you the biggest ones.

The suited connectors right before the flop 

The suited connectors are normally not strong enough that every single time you are  dealt them, you should be in the pot.

The suited connectors need to be taken as drawing hands since they are one.

In short, you need to find the best situations.

The suited connectors should be played before the flop because they can make big-pot hands.

Since the suited connectors make big-pot hands, the straight and flushes will not appear as many times as we would like them to.

Bleeding and hoping just bleeds cash.

Therefore, hoping and limping just makes you get bleeding cash.

The best way to pay the suited connectors in the short games is by playing them violently.

You give yourself more chance to win if you play violently with the connectors.

You can get the pot immediately or you can take advantage of the flop and win a c-bet or you can simply win by making a good hand.

You should not raise every single time since aggressive is the bets way.

You have to know your position. Position normally is the main factor to look at when you are making a decision on how to play your suited connectors.

Early and middle position

Great power from the suited connectors come from when they flop a draw, but playing the draws in position is quite difficult.

When you are not in position, your opponent has control of your hand and you have no other choice, but to play by his rules.

Due to this, a lot of suited connectors are not useful from their early position.

You can raise the connectors like or with the correct table dynamic. You can do this to mix up your play and balance your range, but they should be folded.

Playing the suited connectors when you are not in position is a very hard thing and you can only play it best if you play a very good post-flop.

You can add up more suited connectors to the mix when you get close to the button.

You can also add the suited connectors into your mix when you get close to the button.

The main reason of doing this is to play the hands aggressively so that you can bring them in for raise.

You should get rid of the smallest suited connectors since they are very weak to give you good results, but from two button hands like is perfect for a raise.

The late position

All the suited connectors are good for raising when folded to only if you are in the cut-off or the button.

You will be winning the pot right before the flop without showdown or even up against a single, out-of position opponent.

How to play the post-flop 

For some players, playing the suited connectors can be hard at times and this is why it is not good to limp in with them.

When you limp in, you are left with no other plan. In most cases, you will miss the flop or even make a small pair with no idea where you stand.

When you raise first-in, you get the plan in the hand and you can take the pot down with a c-bet.

Study the board surface.

Would it have helped your opponent? Could it have assisted your hand?

If the answer of any of the questions is yes, then what you hold does not matter at all. Let out a c-bet and you will win the pot easily.

If you ever flopped a draw or a combo draw, then you are in a good position.

In spite of the fact that raising the pre-flop using suited connectors is becoming ordinary, several opponents cannot put you on them after the raise.

If you have got a monster, you can make a lot of cash since your opponent cannot put you on.

If you make a flush or a straight, your hand will be masked because your opponent will consider you for the big cards.

Against a raise

Even though the suited connectors can be raised when you are in the pot, that is if you are facing a raise, they are not quite helpful.

This is because you will leave yourself with no other plan and you have only one method of winning the pot.

If you are in late position, with a weak player's raise, and you know you can beat him after the flop, or you have the idea that he sucks at folding, you hit.

In those numbered circumstances, you can make a flat-call beginning from the button and play poker afterwards.

The 'light' three bet and you

Rarely, you may want to three-bet the suited connectors against a raise.

This is not good because your opponent most likely has a better hand than you.

This is what is referred to as a 'light' thee-bet. The main plan being that your challenger is opening several hands before the flop and you have the idea that he is doing this with very weak hands.

You can raise your opponent again with your suited connectors since he is going to fold before the flop, surrendering the pot to you.

The suited connectors are perfect for this use because they make good hands for the second plan. The first plan is to win the pot with no showdown at all before the flop.

On the other hand, you will get called occasionally, which is where the second plan comes in. After the flop, the suited connectors can make big-pot hands.

With the reraise you made, you are relying on the fold equity  of your raise, but you also have the equity of the suited connectors which happen to be a very strong hand for drawing.

You have to play pocket

Some pocket pairs and suites connectors are very alike in a six-ma game.

Pocket is usually a game of circumstances.

The two of them should be played aggressively before the flop since they are drawing hands.

You have to put your opponent on a choice and study the strength of your hand before making a decision on how to continue.

You are going to get yourself a pot with little fighting from your opponent and other times you must make a hand.

Poker is a game of circumstances so there is no simple way to deal with it after the flop.

Before selecting your line, you have to think about the table dynamics.

Remember that the suited connectors are very strong, but their value is acquired from getting folds from your challengers.

So think hard: only raise when you are first-in or you are in position and play poker right after the flop.