When you are playing an online poker shorthanded game refers to a game with less than the full amount of players at the table. In reality though, shorthanded games have fewer than six players. Playing shorthanded poker games is different than playing at a full table and your strategies should definitely be different. Very often at shorthanded online poker tables the normal poker play of raising with good hands and folding with nothing does not apply as much.

When you are playing online poker, suited connectors and weak aces will definitely come into play. You probably will either love them or hate them. First off, let’s define suited connectors and the weak ace as it applies to Texas Holdem Poker. Suited connectors are any two cards together of the same suit. Cards like 8-9 of diamonds, 4-5 of clubs, 7-8 of hearts, etc. Technically, when people refer to suited connectors, they are only talking about cards in value of less than 10.