Suited connectors
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Suited connectors is a poker term referring to pocket cards which are of the same suit and consecutive in rank. Example: A♠ 2♠, Q♥ J♥, 5♦ 4♦. In Texas hold'em, suited connectors play well against multiple players when they can see the flop cheaply. A player will generally not raise with them, because raising usually causes a few players to fold, decreasing the pot odds in the event of a straight or flush draw on the flop. However, a hand like ace-king suited might do well to raise because the cards will also work well if they pair, which is the more likely possibility, so the pot odds are less important. The probability of drawing suited connectors is 3.92%, and the odds are 24.5:1.
Another definition of suited connectors includes any two suited cards which, together, can make a straight. Example: 2♠ 4♠, Q♥ 9♥, 7♦ 9♦. Hands such as 2♠ 4♠ are also known as one gap hands.
