Hey everyone, theres something I've been getting a little confused about at the moment and I was hoping someone could clear it up for me.

I've read a few posts from people saying you should play suited connectors and semi-connectors on the button and maybe even in the SB position. The reason being that you could hit a flush draw, straight draw or even both on the flop.

Surely though, this is going to be an incredibly risky strategy because if you do hit the flush then theres a good chance someone else hit it too with higher hole cards then you, in which case your gonna be loosing a substantial ammount of chips to them.

Therefore, I would play them looking for open-ended straight draw value only, and maybe steal the pot on the flop if I miss. This being the case though surely I should also play unsuited connectors and semi-connectors from the same position?? No-one ever seems to mention these though.

Why do people value suited connectors so much?