[gotmarc]

If you raise with suited connectors people don't respect you when you raise with aces.

Your implied odds are based upon the flop. if you have 5 6 of hearts and the flop comes 2 4 8 you have eight outs for the straight and when you hit it people will make the ultimate mistake.

IF you're in early position you'll notice that a lot of the callers check to the raiser. Often you can steal the pot with a single bet. This even makes so called break even bets profitable.

When someone check raises you or if they bet realy big after the flop--you muck your cards because you're done with them.

This is more the "recipe" answer rather than theory, but you want to make sure you don't do it all the time. Normally you want to limp in with suited connectors, but I like to raise with them in late position on occasion. if i can show the hand down cheaply i will(assuming I don't hit anything)

Most importantly I don't think you can think of hands as being in a vacuum in NLH. IT all depedns on the stacks, the players, you position and many other things. You would definitly play suited connectors differently playing people in a home game who constantly underbet the pot then you would with Doyle Brunson--