Poker Play: Playing Suited Cards
Author: J Finney

Being suited is always important in Texas hold'em because it
can bring you best benefits on many levels. Cards are following
more that just one purpose and that is always a good think. If
you have QK of the same color or even 10-9 or any other suited
consecutive connectors you should play them every time you can
get a good pot out this hand. As always, late position is
suitable for this kind of strategy too. There is a difference
in value between a consecutive hand like QK simple and QK
suited. Let's just consider the fact that suited connectors are
hands that are not played often in Texas hold'em. They are only
played when the situation is just right.

When you are focusing on playing suited connectors you have to
keep in mind that many times you will get a card that is
consecutive to the ones you have but it is not in the same suit
as they are. This means that many times you will be playing many
more marginal hands that you expected or planned too. If you
only keep the suited plan, then you just drop whatever hand
doesn't follow the pattern.

If you intend to go for a flush then if you only play the
suited connectors you will have a straight flash so that is
going to be a much more power flush than the normal one. And
also, playing suited gets you more often to flush draws that to
straight draws and a flush has more power than a straight in
Texas hold'em.

A reason to play only the suit connectors is the fact that when
you start playing the off suit connectors you can stumble upon
many many problems. For example, you will be simply playing in
more pots, playing more hands, and statistically you have more
chances to lose. You will almost all the time go for straight
draws and if someone has one, and they might, you will loose to
a flush. You will find yourself making more difficult decisions
and have more chances to be wrong. You can also lose to a
better straight. There are many cards that can beat your hand
even if you manage to make the hand. This is why you should
always try and ply only the suited connectors.

When you decide and play that suited connector you are holding
check always the cards displayed on the flop. If there is even
the slightest change that someone else might take your
decision, then go along with it only if you have high
connectors, especially connectors from the high end of the suit
like A, K, Q.


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