Why are unsuited connectors considered bad?
I have a bad habit of playing unsuited connectors and one grappers middle to late position. They don't seem too bad of hands but others say they are. Seems you can play fit or fold with them and win big pots if you get a straight. Why are they considered bad so I can kick this habit? Thanks!
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They're good because you can make two different flushes instead of only one.
We fold them because straights don't come around very often and what we are often left with is 2nd and 3rd pair. Higher unsuited connectors like KQo can be good for making top pair and winning a small-medium pot
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Stonefold Steve. Mucking JTo in the CO vs utg 3x like a pro
They’re honestly not that bad to raise with on a tight table, but only because you have fold equity.
Calling a raise is different for several reasons. You know longer have any chance to take down the pot preflop, and might even get squeezed off your hand without seeing a flop.
Calling preflop is just like any investment: put in 3bb, and you want to get at least 3bb back. Which is quite hard to do without fold equity.
when you call preflop you essentially announce you dont have AA/KK so thats never good. When it comes to postflop playability the benefit of suitedness isnt just to flop combo draws, it's so you can barrel with better equity. Whiffing the flop but turning a backdoor flush draw enables you to bet the turn very large and get opponents to overfold their light flop calls/floats, and then sometimes you just cooler them when you hit the river.
