When the preflop raiser has fewer than 60 big blinds in their stack, you should be less inclined to 3-bet suited connectors, particularly low ones like 65s or 76s. With deeper stacks, hands like these function well against as 3-bet bluffs for three main reasons: You make a lot of better hands fold preflop.
When should I play suited connectors?
In Texas hold’em, suited connectors play well against multiple players when they can see the flop for cheap. Experienced players will generally not raise with them, because raising usually causes a few players to fold, decreasing the pot odds in the event of a straight or flush draw on the flop.
Which is the best way to play suited connectors?
There are many different ways to play your suited connectors depending on which type of flop you hit, what type of opponents you are up against and if you are in position or not. However, I do believe that there is one specific way to play your suited connectors that is clearly the most profitable way.
What kind of hands do suited connectors block?
They block hands from your opponents’ 3-bet/folding range — such as A5s or A6s — and don’t block any strong hands that will continue. Suited connectors do have both solid playability and decent implied odds, but even these are stinted with the low stack-to-pot ratios in 4-bet pots. 4. Avoid overcalling (except from the big blind)
What’s the worst mistake you can make with a suited connector?
The biggest mistake that I see many people making with their suited connectors is not playing them aggressively before the flop. They will often just limp in with them or call a raise. Here’s why that is typically a losing play though.
Can you call a raise with suited connectors?
You can also call raises from late position with your suited connectors, or even call from the blinds and play the hand from out of position. A big benefit of playing a hand like versus a preflop raiser is that if you do manage to make a straight or flush, you can win a big pot versus an opponent holding an overpair like aces, kings, or queens.
