how do you play suited connectors? |
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Posted Thu Feb 23, 2006 3:31 pm GMT by efram
I am curious as to how you poker proffessionals  play your suited connecters. Mainly middle ones, 56, 67, 78, 89, or 910.
I know position, reads, stack sizes factor in here, but, I'm looking more for general strategies, if there are any, for these hands based mainly on position and raises with callers up to 3 or 4 X BB.
I was in a tournament recently and got dealt 67h UTG.
I limped, third position raised 200, bb at 50, 3 or 4 callers to me. This was early in the tournament, since blinds hadn't gone up yet. Stacks were relatively even, starting at 5000. I folded. In hindsight I was getting odds to call, I think, and should have called as the flop came 345 rainbow.
Clearly in early position, 67s is not that strong of a hand. Would anyone else have folded here, or called or ??
Thanks in advance
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Posted Thu Feb 23, 2006 3:46 pm GMT by age_of_sages
I don't play them in early position, and I don't play them to a raise unless there's at least 3 others already in the pot and I don't fear a reraise behind me.
Posted Thu Feb 23, 2006 3:51 pm GMT by UrAteUp
Like Ages, I never play suited connectors in a tournament in EP. MP sometimes given there has not been a big raise before or after me. LP I play them often and sometimes raise 3-4xBB. It throws people off and makes them think your playing AX, KX or a PP. Then when you do hit the straight or flush draw you get paid off extremely well.
In a ring game I will play them in most any position and often but never into a severly large pre-flop raise.
Posted Thu Feb 23, 2006 4:02 pm GMT by cayouche
| age_of_sages wrote: | | I don't play them in early position, and I don't play them to a raise unless there's at least 3 others already in the pot and I don't fear a reraise behind me. |
Same here. Sometimes, I might still call early position when I know I'm going to see a cheap flop. A raise however, I will fold, usually.
Last night, UTG, I have 23s hearts, I call, everyone calls, family pot. The flop brings two hearts. I caught my heart on the turn, and won a huge pot.
I was glad for two reasons, first, huge pot of course, second, the image it gave me. Image is everything... 
EDIT: Wait!! In a tournament, no way!! That was a 10-player $25 freezeout. I wouldn't play 23s in a tournament... 
Posted Thu Feb 23, 2006 4:38 pm GMT by tame_deuces
| efram wrote: | I was in a tournament recently and got dealt 67h UTG.
I limped, third position raised 200, bb at 50, 3 or 4 callers to me. |
Ok. I think you played that hand completely the opposite of what is 'common poker wisdom'. You called when you should have folded and you folded when you should have called.
But from the tone and words of your post I see that you know this yourself. :D
Posted Thu Feb 23, 2006 4:40 pm GMT by Soup_dog
| tame_deuces wrote: | | efram wrote: | I was in a tournament recently and got dealt 67h UTG.
I limped, third position raised 200, bb at 50, 3 or 4 callers to me. |
Ok. I think you played that hand completely the opposite of what is 'common poker wisdom'. You called when you should have folded and you folded when you should have called.
But from the tone and words of your post I see that you know this yourself. :D |
I was thinking the same thing. Fold based on position. But after 4 players are in the pot, all to a raise, it might have been good to call and see the flop (based on the odds).
Posted Thu Feb 23, 2006 8:27 pm GMT by waterman
| age_of_sages wrote: | | I don't play them in early position, and I don't play them to a raise unless there's at least 3 others already in the pot and I don't fear a reraise behind me. |
pretty much sums up how i like to play them, although the feel of the table also helps my decisions. in a case like the one you posted, UTG with a raise after you and multiple callers, i would have called at that point. limping UTG is usually not something you want to do, with any hand, unless the table is extremely passive and you don't expect a raise, but even then you can get in a world of hurt when you flop two pair and someone flops a set with their limped small PP, etc.
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