| I, like many other poker players, think that suited connectors look pretty. The thing is, people seem to overvalue these type of hands a LOT, and feel like playing them everytime, no matter the situation.
You will often see players like Daniel Negreanu, Gus Hansen, Phil Ivey etc.. play these hands, but the big difference between these pokergiants and our Average Joe is that they know when to get rid of them and when not to play them.
I myself geneally play suited connectors when I have the proper odds to do so (pot and implied) + a stack that affords me to play them.
These aren't the type of hands you call major all-ins with and limp with from EP. SC are hands that you should generally only play when you have the proper odds to do so, because eventhough they look really pretty, it's only a very mediocre hand. |