Suited connectors
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Suited connectors is a poker
term referring to pocket cards that are suited and consecutive, for example Q♥ J♥. These hands are considered stronger than average because they have the potential to form straights and flushes on the pot.
Some people define suited connectors as cards which are close enough to each other that they can form a straight on the flop. For example: A♠ 3♠, ', 5♦ 9♦ are all suited connectors because they can form a flush or a straight on the flop. A hand like A♠ 7♠ is not considered a suited connector because although it is suited, the cards together do not help form a straight.
Suited connectors with no gap between them (Q♥ J♥) are referred to as no gap suited connectors. Suited connectors like A♠ 3♠ are considered one gap suited connectors since there is one gap between the two cards. You can also have two and three gap suited connectors, such as 3♠ 6♠ and 5♦ 9♦. In Texas hold'em, suited connectors play well against multiple players when they can see the flop for cheap. A player will generally not raise with them, because raising usually causes a few players to fold, decreasing the pot odds
in the event of a straight or flush draw on the flop. However, a hand like ace-king suited might do well to raise because the cards will also work well if they pair, which is the more likely possibility, so the pot odds are less important.
Poker
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term referring to pocket cards that are suited and consecutive, for example Q♥ J♥. These hands are considered stronger than average because they have the potential to form straights and flushes on the pot.
Some people define suited connectors as cards which are close enough to each other that they can form a straight on the flop. For example: A♠ 3♠, ', 5♦ 9♦ are all suited connectors because they can form a flush or a straight on the flop. A hand like A♠ 7♠ is not considered a suited connector because although it is suited, the cards together do not help form a straight.
Suited connectors with no gap between them (Q♥ J♥) are referred to as no gap suited connectors. Suited connectors like A♠ 3♠ are considered one gap suited connectors since there is one gap between the two cards. You can also have two and three gap suited connectors, such as 3♠ 6♠ and 5♦ 9♦. In Texas hold'em, suited connectors play well against multiple players when they can see the flop for cheap. A player will generally not raise with them, because raising usually causes a few players to fold, decreasing the pot odds
Pot odds
In poker, pot odds are the ratio of the current size of the pot to the cost of a contemplated call. Pot odds are often compared to the probability of winning a hand with a future card in order to estimate the call's expected value....
in the event of a straight or flush draw on the flop. However, a hand like ace-king suited might do well to raise because the cards will also work well if they pair, which is the more likely possibility, so the pot odds are less important.