Comments on: Do you want to be like Doyle Brunson? Or do you want to be a LOSER? Learn to play Suited Connectors

By: 13 Common Mistakes Made by Losers Playing Shorthanded Holdem Poker

13 Common Mistakes Made by Losers Playing Shorthanded Holdem Poker — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:39:04 +0000

[...] that act after you will probably re-raise you with any Ace with high card, mid-high pairs, and high suited connectors. Your KTo wouldn’t do well against those re-raising hands. This type of hand can be raised if [...]

By: LennyP

LennyP — Wed, 13 May 2009 05:14:07 +0000

Many players stay away from suited connectors because they take a lot of skill to play correctly. I also see many fish playing them horribly. Played correctly they can definitely be highly profitable.

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:33:09 +0000

Good advice in general, but remember, the more people in the hand, the less likely that 67 or 78 is going to be the biggest flush out there. Know your opponents and be wary of raising wars on the river/turn when the flush comes. Much better if it’s just you and 1 or 2 other opponents by the time the flush hits. Again it’s all about knowing what your opponents are capable of playing. Remember, somebody could easily be playing 10js of the same suit while you’re counting on the 78s flush being best.

By: Shane

Shane — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 14:15:10 +0000

Didn’t “Doyle” hit the flush with that ACE of hearts?

By: Josh T.

Josh T. — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:38:57 +0000

I love suited connectors and will often raise with them in early and especially late position if limped to. I will not, however, call a large preflop raise with them heads up in the blinds.

I tend to not necessarily try to isolate when raising, but I rather have several limpers call a medium raise to see the flop; after all, suited connectors are made for multi-way action.

In the example above, I feel the Ah (Ace of Hearts) on the river could only kill the action. It is very difficult to spot a gut-shot, and I even suspect that most weak players will only check call with AJ/A9, when the river completes the flush. Had the river been an Ad (Ace of diamond), you can almost be guaranteed an all in call.

By: cmh76

cmh76 — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:49:23 +0000

I agree with most of this post. I must admit, I love getting creative with those mid-ranked suited connectors. They seem to play even better when you are amongst the chip leaders and you can use them as a bullying technique against the smaller stacks.

Great site by the way. Hope you don’t mind I linked you from my blog.

By: Eric "Shuck"

Eric "Shuck" — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 03:46:03 +0000

Suited connectors are best used when playing small ball and in good position. they really dont have to connect, they just need potential.

By: KC

KC — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 15:08:16 +0000

I’ve done a lot of research on suited connectors lately. Believe it or not, 76s is probably even better the 87s. One of those things that is not necessarily intuitive to everybody, but makes sense if you really think about it – as your article points out with 87s.

Thanks.