Suited
Suited means that cards are of the same suit. A suited starting hand has two hole cards of one suit, for example ace and jack of hearts. Being suited gives extra chances to make a flush.
The simple explanation
Suited hands are a little stronger than the same hand of different suits. The flush chance adds only a small amount of equity, about 2 to 3 percent, but it also adds drawing and bluffing options after the flop.
A closer look
Suited does not make a bad hand good. Small suited cards without connection can be weak and costly. Suited aces are valued because the ace gives you the nut flush draw. Suitedness matters more in multiway pots, where the flush is more likely to win, and in deeper-stacked games where implied odds are high. In notation, 's' means suited (AJs) and 'o' means offsuit (AJo).
A practical example
You are dealt A♥ J♥. This is a suited hand, written AJs.
Full explanation
Suited means that cards are of the same suit. A suited starting hand has two hole cards of one suit, for example ace and jack of hearts. Being suited gives extra chances to make a flush.
Suited means of the same suit.
A suited hand can make a flush.
It is only a little better than an offsuit hand.
A suited hand
No-limit Hold’em · Blinds 1/2 chips · No rake
The blinds are 1 and 2 chips. Heads-up, the dealer (D) also posts the small blind.
Read the example transcript
Player A has the button (BTN) and posts the 1-chip small blind (SB). Player B posts the 2-chip big blind (BB).
- Preflop · Pot: 3 chips
The blinds are 1 and 2 chips. Heads-up, the dealer (D) also posts the small blind.
- Player A BTN / SB AAce of hearts (Ah)JJack of hearts (Jh) · Stack 199 · In this round 1
- Player B BB 99 of clubs (9c)44 of diamonds (4d) · Stack 198 · In this round 2
- Preflop · Pot: 8 chips
Player A raises to 6 with ace and jack of hearts. Two cards of the same suit are suited, which gives extra chances to make a flush.
- Player A BTN / SB AAce of hearts (Ah)JJack of hearts (Jh) · Stack 194 · In this round 6
- Player B BB 99 of clubs (9c)44 of diamonds (4d) · Stack 198 · In this round 2
Cards are shown for learning; totals are displayed before pot collection.