$50NL FR, A/small sooted in the SB

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(This isn't about a specific hand, but more about the best possible moves given various scenarios.)

I haven't been playing much lately and recently moved to $50NL without much success. I think it's 60% bad attitude, 30% bad luck, 10% my own idiocy. Anyway, with my rust and new level it's like I'm relearning the game. I keep questioning myself.

I three tabled tonight and when this happened (see pic) I questioned the proper move with A/small suited in the SB for various situations. I couldn't come up with a quick answer so I thought I'd seek some opinions here.

Obviously it's partially read/position based, depending on who does what from where before it gets to you.

I'm sort of up in the air about the right move in various situations. A/2 suited is a drawing hand that can be a lot of trouble.

In an unchallenged pot obviously you raise.
When the button raises, I guess a call depends on his VP$IP and the ATS.

What about in other situations? Like an early position raiser with a caller or two? Or a bunch of limpers?
 

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Not a hand you want to play for a raise unless you get the perfect conditions (multiway, against bad players, deep stacks, closing the action, etc).

Against a button raise you just can't call OOP. It's like diarrhea spew imo.

With a bunch of limpers you generally just want to limp along and see the cheap flop.
 
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you need good implied odds to limp and good implied odds to call but when you call you want to be closing the action so no one can squezze play you and push out out of the pot.

Basically what your looking to hit is trip 2's 2p on relatively dry ace boards and flushes/FD then play your hands accordingly, I pretty much just give up if i hit only my Ace.
 
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Not a hand you want to play for a raise unless you get the perfect conditions (multiway, against bad players, deep stacks, closing the action, etc).

Against a button raise you just can't call OOP. It's like diarrhea spew imo.

With a bunch of limpers you generally just want to limp along and see the cheap flop.

Thanks. That's how I *felt* it should be play but thought it might be too passive. I feel better now.
 
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