[rakemeplz]

The basic reason soooted connecters are better than their sklansky rating is obvious...sklansky assumes if you move in with 89 sooted you get called with hands that have you beat or even dominated which would never call you according to sound strategy or game theory like 109off suit or 10 6 of the same suit etc. etc. Sklanskys system assumes your opponent calls with those hands and a whole bunch of others that beat your 9 high where in reality those hands would fold and youd gain a [censored] of equity...so yeah its a semibluff move. The value increase would depend on stack sizes and fold equity...I have no idea how much the value of suited connecters would increase depending on strategy/fold equity [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img].