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Playing Suited Connecting Cards |
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Although
people rightly believe that AA or KK are the
top starting hands in No limit holdem Poker,
they do not actually have the potential to
win the largest pots, and as we will
hopefully illustrate here the hands that do
offer that chance of a tournament changing
hand are invariably suited connecting cards.
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The
reason for this is that players fall in love
with their cards, how often have you been
dealt AA, only to see 4 of the same suit in
the middle, let’s say hearts. It’s
almost inevitable that somebody around the
table will have a heart in their hand and
the flush will obviously beat your pair of
aces, but there are some people who just
cannot throw that pair of aces away. This is
the obvious scenario and in reality all good
poker players will actually chuck their
cards at this point, however the less
obvious scenario is when the flop produces
cards which could potentially give somebody
a straight. Particularly if it is a low
straight as the other players will assume
that nobody would have called with two low
cards in their hand.
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If this
happens to you then you are in the best
position you can be in no limit hold em, you
know you have the best hand, you also know
that your opponent thinks he has the best
hand, therefore all of your opponents chips
are yours for the taking!!
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The key
to this is pot odds, and investing a small
amount to stay in the hand in the hope that
you will hit the jackpot by flopping the
nuts. Inevitably you will lose more hands
than you win by playing suited connecting
cards however it is the fact that when you
do win you will win big that makes playing
suited connecting cards so attractive. There
is also two other bonus’s of playing
suited connecting cards, firstly the flush.
But also when you turn over a 34 of clubs,
your opponents will be perplexed as to why
on earth you called that hand originally,
and will hopefully not have a clue as to
what you will do next in the game.
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Limit
Hold em is a different concept, and really
is a totally different game, a fact which is
often overlooked and the game is all about
starting hands, so calling suited connector
does not apply to Limit hold em Poker.
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