making money out of suited connectors?

[timchump]

Hi

I normally play 6 steater $25, $50 & $100 nl holdem on party poker,
i recently bought poker tracker.
After 7000 hands i was surprised to find i was a winning palyer, just over $600 though the rake took over half of this.

The thing is im not too great at playing suited connectors, have lost about $250 with them,
i usually call any raise preflop up to about 4 times the big blind, and then either fold post flop unless i hit or semi hit. Sometimes i get into trouble if i semi hit.

Is it possible to money out of them, how should they be played?

[PokerWoody]

Suited connectors are never going to be big winners in anyone's database, but they should be winning hands to a smaller extent.

This is really a very broad question and your decision to play them is very dependant on other game conditions. Perhaps if you post some hands we could better advise?

However if you do decide to play them, you should make sure you have position on your opponent, often be prepared to play your draws aggressively post flop and also use our position to bluff post flop rather than just give up when we miss.

I feel like i've just written the broadest most useless response on the internet

[timchump]

Playing them in position makes sense to give me the chance bluff ,i guess below is a typical hand i would play with suited connectors

***** Hand History for Game 6703239828 *****
$100 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, January 19, 14:50:16 ET 2008
Table Table 130544 (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 2: FrostBead ( $93.10 USD )
Seat 3: andrew_cbr ( $177.50 USD )
Seat 4: timchump ( $91.60 USD )
Seat 5: UTGse ( $104.98 USD )
Seat 1: Mr_Dmitriy ( $37.98 USD )
Seat 6: Charuu ( $99 USD )
andrew_cbr posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
timchump posts big blind [$1 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to timchump [ Ts Js ]
UTGse folds.
Charuu folds.
Mr_Dmitriy folds.
FrostBead folds.
andrew_cbr raises [$4.50 USD]
timchump calls [$4 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2d, Qs, 8c ]
andrew_cbr checks.
timchump checks.
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3c ]
andrew_cbr checks.
timchump checks.
** Dealing River ** [ 4h ]
andrew_cbr bets [$4 USD]
timchump folds.
andrew_cbr does not show cards.
andrew_cbr wins $13.50 USD
#Game No : 6703241858

[PokerWoody]

I think blind v blind hands always play a little different as ranges are often wider and people are more inclined to do more stupid things.

I might consider 3 betting this hand preflop, but calling is obv fine too (as is folding). You could take a stab at the pot on the turn, but apart from that I don't really see anything too terrible here.

Do you have a hand where you lost a bigger pot perhaps?

[timchump]

here's 2 the aren't to pretty where i gotinto trouble

***** Hand History for Game 6701166745 *****
$100 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, January 18, 20:53:59 ET 2008
Table Table 125551 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: iBETuFOLD999 ( $384.72 USD )
Seat 5: CDune ( $314.14 USD )
Seat 6: kevaudaloc ( $40.75 USD )
Seat 2: timchump ( $90 USD )
Seat 3: giuseppe861 ( $90.28 USD )
Seat 4: Electro_Puff ( $100 USD )
CDune posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
kevaudaloc posts big blind [$1 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to timchump [ 6s 5s ]
iBETuFOLD999 raises [$3 USD]
timchump calls [$3 USD]
giuseppe861 calls [$3 USD]
CDune calls [$2.50 USD]
kevaudaloc folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 5c, Kh, 7c ]
CDune bets [$3 USD]
iBETuFOLD999 calls [$3 USD]
timchump calls [$3 USD]
giuseppe861 folds.
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6d ]
CDune checks.
iBETuFOLD999 checks.
timchump bets [$10 USD]
CDune folds.
iBETuFOLD999 calls [$10 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 9h ]
iBETuFOLD999 bets [$26 USD]
timchump calls [$26 USD]
iBETuFOLD999 shows [ 8h, 8c ]a straight Five to Nine.
timchump doesn't show [ 6s, 5s ]two pairs, Sixes and Fives.
iBETuFOLD999 wins $92 USD from the main pot with a straight, Five to Nine.

$100 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, January 18, 21:09:37 ET 2008
Table Table 125551 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 5: CDune ( $330.37 USD )
Seat 6: kevaudaloc ( $29.68 USD )
Seat 2: timchump ( $71.28 USD )
Seat 3: giuseppe861 ( $37.51 USD )
Seat 4: Electro_Puff ( $97 USD )
Seat 1: uzimic ( $106 USD )
uzimic posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
timchump posts big blind [$1 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to timchump [ 6h 7h ]
giuseppe861 calls [$1 USD]
Electro_Puff folds.
CDune raises [$5 USD]
kevaudaloc folds.
uzimic folds.
timchump calls [$4 USD]
giuseppe861 calls [$4 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Jc, 6d, 2s ]
timchump checks.
giuseppe861 bets [$1 USD]
CDune calls [$1 USD]
timchump raises [$6 USD]
giuseppe861 folds.
CDune calls [$5 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 7s ]
timchump bets [$12 USD]
CDune calls [$12 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 4s ]
timchump checks.
CDune bets [$30 USD]
timchump calls [$30 USD]
CDune shows [ Qs, As ]a flush, Ace high.
timchump doesn't show [ 6h, 7h ]two pairs, Sevens and Sixes.
CDune wins $109.50 USD from the main pot with

[wilfuljoker]

In Bigger Deal Anthony Holden quotes Annie Duke as saying that being suited only adds 3% to the value of cards so you should always ask yourself how likely you would be to play them if they weren't suited.