Am I missing out on value from suited connectors?

it seems many people advise limping sc's behind limpers and playing them in multiway pots. for quite some time i've only been playing these hands from middle-late position and raising with them and avoiding multiway pots. i've been trying to play them so that i'm only against 1 or 2 opponents and in position. i'm paranoid about drawing to a 2nd best flush in a big multiway pot. am i losing value by only playing them like this?

Flush on flush using both hole cards is rare. Pay it off.

Sooted connectors have a low chance to hit big hands. You want a multiway pot for two reasons:
1) Better odds out of the gate. Why limit yourself to 1:3 when you could have 1:7?
2) Better chance someone else will hit something worthy when you hit big. You want someone sitting on a freak two pair when you nail your straight on the turn...you'll both think you're so sly, only you'll very likely end up with his stack instead of the reverse.

i see. so how many of you usually raise these hands from the last 3-4 seats when first in? btw i am talking about full ring.

Originally Posted by martindcx1e

i see. so how many of you usually raise these hands from the last 3-4 seats when first in? btw i am talking about full ring.

I could raise any SC from any position if I feel like it, but then again I use game theory alot.

But for normal circumstance at SSNL, I pop a lot of high-middle SC's on the HJ. For raising them on the CO or BU, I like to know how the blinds play. I almost never 43s or 32s though, and if I play 54s for implied odds value (i.e. lots of limpers) it's almost always on the button.

Who need connected? Generally I just want to see as cheap of a flop as possible and if I can't I look for:
a raise that helps me define an opponents hand,
another caller or two on average,
have calling cost me less than 10% of my chips,
and preferably -but not always- close the betting.
With SCs I will take a positional disadvantage preflop since I can get rid of them so easily on the flop and usually I don't have to face extremely difficult situations with them.

Here are four hands I played last night. One is a suited gapper, two are suited connectors and the last is another suited gapper that I use to randomize my raises with.


******* Hand 1 ********

Poker Room skin
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.15/$0.25
9 players
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Stack sizes:
UTG: $9.40
Hero: $23.55
MP1: $28.75
MP2: $41.95
MP3: $22.60
CO: $7.95
Button: $14.95
SB: $20.75
BB: $34.90

Pre-flop: (9 players) Hero is UTG+1 with 3 5
UTG folds, Hero calls, 2 folds, MP3 calls, 2 folds, SB raises to $1.25, BB calls, Hero calls, MP3 calls.

Flop: 6 7 4 ($5, 4 players)
SB bets $4, BB folds, Hero raises to $10, MP3 folds, SB raises all-in $15.35, Hero calls all-in $12.15.
Uncalled bets: $12.15 returned to Hero.

Turn: 6 ($30.35, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $35.7)


River: 4 ($30.35, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $35.7)


Results:
Final pot: $30.35
Hero shows 3H 5H
SB shows 10C10D


******* Hand 2 ********

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No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.15/$0.25
10 players
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Stack sizes:
UTG: $40.35
UTG+1: $13.05
UTG+2: $3.80
MP1: $24.30
MP2: $26.35
MP3: $61.25
CO: $24.95
Button: $29.05
SB: $25.60
Hero: $25

Pre-flop: (10 players) Hero is BB with 8 9
UTG calls, UTG+1 raises to $0.5, 3 folds, MP3 calls, CO folds, Button raises to $1.25, SB folds, Hero calls, UTG folds, UTG+1 calls, MP3 calls.

Flop: 7 4 3 ($5.4, 4 players)
Hero checks, UTG+1 checks, MP3 checks, Button bets $1.5, Hero calls, UTG+1 folds, MP3 raises to $5, Button calls, Hero calls.

Turn: 2 ($20.4, 3 players)
Hero checks, MP3 bets $10, Button calls, Hero raises all-in $18.75, MP3 calls, Button calls.

River: T ($76.65, 2 players + 1 all-in - Main pot: $76.65)
MP3 checks, Button checks.

Results:
Final pot: $76.65
MP3 shows 4H 4C
Button shows AD JH
Hero shows 8D 9D


******* Hand 3 ********

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No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.15/$0.25
8 players
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Stack sizes:
UTG: $15
UTG+1: $25.05
Button: $29.05
SB: $25.6
Hero: $81.40
MP2: $50.40
CO: $25
Button: $2
SB: $48.70
BB: $32.60

Pre-flop: (8 players) Hero is MP1 with 7 6
UTG calls, UTG+1 folds, Hero calls, MP2, folds, CO (poster) checks, Button folds, SB calls, BB raises to $1.35, UTG calls, Hero calls, CO folds, SB calls.

Flop: 7 J 6 ($5.65, 4 players)
SB checks, BB bets $4, UTG calls, Hero raises to $14, SB folds, BB raises all-in $27, UTG folds, Hero calls.

Turn: 9 ($63.65, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $63.65)


River: Q ($63.65, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $63.65)


Results:
Final pot: $63.65
BB shows KC KH
Hero shows 7H 6H


******* Hand 4 ********

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No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.15/$0.25
10 players
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Stack sizes:
UTG: $25.75
UTG+1: $25
UTG+2: $7.45
MP1: $24.65
MP2: $78.25
MP3: $23.40
Hero: $129.85
Button: $23.50
SB: $24.55
BB: $24.75

Pre-flop: (10 players) Hero is CO with 6 Q
4 folds, MP2 calls, MP3 folds, Hero raises to $1, Button folds, SB calls, BB folds, MP2 calls.

Flop: Q T 6 ($3.25, 3 players)
SB checks, MP2 checks, Hero bets $5, SB folds, MP2 calls.

Turn: Q ($13.25, 2 players)
MP2 checks, Hero checks.

River: J ($13.25, 2 players)
MP2 checks, Hero bets $5, MP2 folds.
Uncalled bets: $5 returned to Hero.

Results:
Final pot: $13.25