Suited connector
Two cards of the same suit next to each other in rank, such as 8♠ 7♠.
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- What it means
- A suited connector is a starting hand such as 87s or T9s: neighboring ranks in one suit. A suited gapper has one rank missing between the cards, such as 86s.
- How it is calculated
- These hands seldom make a big pair. Their value is in straights, flushes and the strong draws they flop, so they play best with deep stacks and in position.
- Worked example
- 8♠ 7♠ on 6♠ 5♦ K♠ holds an open-ended straight draw and a flush draw together: 8 + 9 outs, less the 2 cards counted twice, is 15 outs.
- Why it matters
- They give an opening range hands that can hit low and middling boards, where a range of only big cards would miss.
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See also: Hand families, Draw, Implied odds