Importance of suitedness in SH play?

[gotme]

Sure, but by how much?

Is a hand being suited (like the emphasis used in SSHE) that important in SH play?

The SSHE concept is that suited hands have only marginally higher pot equity, but when they hit a flush they generally rake in a large pot.

Does this happen with SH play? I don't believe that much - which leads me to believe that suitedness is a good addition but is put more toward a "drawing value".


Edit: Would anyone with a large SH PT database care to post stats on a suited hand with it's unsuited counterpart. Say KJ and KJs?

[car ramrod]

think about this in a heads up situation.

You have KJo and raise, get called. Flop is T53, villian bets into you, all you have is overs and a bdsd.

Now assume you have KJs and same flop, but add the bdfd or even if you hit a 4 flush. You are now correctly raising the flop, vs, just calling. So, villian could have been making a play at you and fold, or if you follow thru with a turn bet he may fold.

So, suitedness, can win you pots by allowing you to bet or raise, b/c of extra outs, and not necessarily having a pair.

I don't know %'s, but I think you flop a flush draw 11% of the time, or something like that.

[Peter Harris]

you flop a flush draw just under 11%, i think the odds to remember are 9-1 against flopping the 2flush, 124-1 for flopping the flush.