[Froedo]

Lets first make a definition of suited connectors: Any 2 connected or partly connected suited cards below T. I don't consider AKs and QKs as suited connectors in this situation as there is other things to take into consideration when playing this type of hand.
There isn't a rule of when to play suited connectors. However, there is some things you should take into consideration before playing them:

1) How many BB's do you/the opponents in the pot have left? Ís it worth it compared to the size of your stack you are risking playing this type of hand?

2) If you are deep enough, will your opponent(s) be loose enough to pay you off when you hit or have a good enough hand (AA, KK, QQ etc.) to pay you off when you hit?

2b) Defining your opponents hand. Are you actually able to define your opponents hand? I would always prefer being up against AA with 89suited rather than being up against 9Tsuited. Why? You can lose a lot of money against 9Tsuited but you can usually either lose only a little money or win a lot against AA. You have to be willing to fold a flopped top pair to a raise on the flop if you play this type of hands. You have to take into consideration that your kicker will be useless.


3) Table image. Playing this type of hand obviously affects your image. There isn't a reason to think that a loose image is bad, but you have to take this into consideration as well

4) Preflop action/Deception. Remember, if you sometimes raise and sometimes limp you will have to sometimes raise with weak hands and sometimes limp with strong hands. Never, ever, ever be predictable. Do not raise accordingly to the strenght of your hand!

5) Risk/Reward analysis. I know many people prefer playing suited connectors at the early stages. I prefer playing them at late stages due to the fact that pick up not only the blinds but also the antes if my opponents folds to my raise (I rarely limp). My philosophy is to raise with more hands when you pick up more compared to what you risk. Also, people tend to tighten up at late stages because of the ladder principal (you get more money the deeper you get). This means it is sometimes possible to steal with 2.5x BB raises even when antes are on!

6) You position. I always prefer having position. I dont mind reraising with 67suited on the button because it gives me a chance to pick up the pot right now and if one of my opponents call 67suited will be the last hand he expects me to have so IF i get a call I can either easily get away from the hand or win a lot against my opponents high pocket pair.

I probably forgot a ton of things to take into consideration. I hope this gives you an idea of how to decide whether to play or fold your suited connectors. Try to experiment untill you have found a style you think is profitable. Some players have succes playing a tight/aggresive style. Some players have succes playing a loose/aggresive style. There isn't one right way to play.

This is advices on how to play the suited connectors from one of the guys i play with. He is a math genius and a very skilled player :) So this is not my typing or advice but the ones i normally use :) Hope you can use them to.