Playing Suited Connectors

Knowing the strength or weakness of your starting hand (your hole cards) in Hold’em is one of the most important parts of playing Poker successfully.

As a new player correctly selecting which hands to play and which to lay down even BEFORE the flop is probably the single most effective way to minimise your loses.

Understanding exactly what possibilities your hand has will also gets you in the correct mindset if your faced with difficult decisions after you’ve seen the flop or when another player puts you to the test.

Suited Connectors

Playing suited connectors like 78 hearts you are hoping for a favourable flop to make you either a straight or a flush
these are speculative hands – now when it comes off you can do well but you can also get sucked in betting all the way to the end on a lost cause. If these sort of cards are your weakness remember your going to see them (and tempted) a whole lot more often than you’ll see AA.
Again position is the key to these sorts of hands. Dont play them really in anything other than late position (last 2-3 to act on full table).

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