Re: Why is raising UTG with suited connectors so standard at 6-max?
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My PFR is 16-17 and I fold suited connectors on UTG, UTG+1 about 80% of the time. Of course you have to raise with them occasionally so it's clear you aren't just raising with pairs, AJ+, etc., but with these hands, you are looking to flop a good draw and playing them out of position sucks. You are paying the maximum to draw to your (now somewhat transparent) straight or flush, and it will be difficult to extract money if you hit. Raising small pairs from UTG is completely different. They are very easy to play postflop and if you just flop a pair of twos with your 22 and someone calls your c-bet, your'e usually done.
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Suited connectors play almost exactly like small pp's OOP and are just as easy to chuck when met with resistance. I think the problem most have with playing these types of hands OOP is they take the same bull [censored] lines post-flop with almost all of their hands, regardless of board texture, opponent, or the value of their own hands...
They raise PF, touch the flop, and its fire-fire-fire. If they would start switching things up, taking different lines with different hands and different opponents, these small little beasts would eventualy come to play themselves.
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