How do you play five four suited?

Five four suited is a low suited connector you open from the button and small blind, and about half the time from the cutoff, a deceptively playable hand that makes well-hidden straights and the wheel.

Five Four Suited

Speculative

41.5%

Equity vs a random hand

4

Combos (of 1,326)

2/5

Seats that open it

Open it from the button and small blind, mix it in from the cutoff, and call raises in position when the stacks are deep. It plays better than its rank suggests because it makes the lowest straights, which are almost impossible for opponents to read, along with flushes and the wheel. As with every low connector, it needs position and depth to realize that potential, and it is a fold from early seats.

In the GTO solver's 6-max ranges this hand opens for a raise from the button and the small blind, and sometimes from UTG, the hijack and the cutoff.

Common mistake: Playing it out of position or for a weak pair. Five four is all about hidden draws and implied odds, not about making a low pair and calling down.

Quick tip: The most disguised straights in the deck. Position and deep stacks make it worth playing.