The real story.... We were at a Party bad beat table. He flopped a set of 8's. I had one out on the river for close to $20k. Damn. Ever been deflated after winning a hand with a Royal Flush?
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I love playing suited connectors. You know 67, 78, 89, 9T. Here is the problem. How do you play them when you flop the nuts or near nuts? How do you play them when you flop TP? I flopped a str8 with 78 on a flop of 456. I flopped a ship* with 67 on a flop of 766, not the nuts, but close. The problem with suited connectors is that they flop nuts, but vulnerable nuts. You likely open raised or limped. Who eles in the pot with you? Suited overs and pocket pairs of course.
So here is the question, how do you play flopped nuts. Fast or slow? I try fast with danger cards such as 2 suited out there. I slowplayed the 67 ship, which was a mistake, here? I mean I have my opponent drawing to a 2 outer (pocket 9's). A little background though. The last time I flopped a ship with 67....The board read 76667.
I know the answer is "It depends". I'm talking low-limit no foldem holdem. 4-5 to the flop and you flop the nuts. Long story short I have flopped the nuts and been beat by the river at least 3 times in the last month. It just sucks. I know, embrace the beat.
*Ship is the new blogger term for a boat. Use it in December in Vegas. "I flopped a ship" and the fish will tilt. I guarantee it. I know it grated on you just reading ship over and over above.
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The whole point of playing suited connectors is that, when they hit big, they can be pretty hard for your opponent to read. This means you can afford to play them hard and fast, because your opponents will often call a lot of bets trying to figure out what you have.
There are rare instances (in small-stakes hold 'em) where I'll slow-play a big flop like this. Most often it's when I'm in early position, I think that the flop probably missed everyone else, and last-to-act is one of those mindlessly agressive types that populate 2/4 and 3/6 tables the world over. In this case, you can often protect your hand better with a check-raise.
I like the idea of calling a full house a ship, for the same reason I like the idea of wearing sunglasses to play 3/6 limit at Ameristar. Kind of like calling a knight in chess a horsey, or talking to a serious pool player about his pool-stick. My only stipulation is, if you win the pot with a ship, you have to tell the dealer, "Boat that pot to me."
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