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After playing Hold Em on a regular basis for over 5 years now, it seems as though the game strategy with suited connectors has drastically changed (suited 7/8, 5/7, 3/5, etc.) As Harrington stated in his book, you want to see flops cheaply with these hands, and fold these in early position because you don't want to donate chips if someone raises behind you.
But nowadays, people seem to play these in early position and call 4 or 5 times the BB raises with them. If they hit, they are well disguised hands, but it seems as though the risk is greater than the reward. One concern is that if you hit your flush, someone could have a higher flush, or someone could flop a higher 2-pair or a set to cripple you.
And it seems as though Gus Hansen was 1 of the 1st TV exposed people to aggressively play these hands out of position. And also, the kids in poker today (20-25 year old college student types) seem to have no fear of paying big to see flops with these hands, and have little fear of going broke. Whereas older players like me (over 40) seem to be more conservative/aggressive but have trouble winning the big 1 (but place ITM at a decent rate to maintain). Am I not playing these suited connectors enough, or does it just seem like they show the big pots being won on TV with these overplayed hands?
Any comments and feedback appreciated.
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i love when i have suited connectors in an unopened pot and i raise raise raise lol 
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