Weak Offsuit Ace in SB

[thirddan]

Maybe a dumb question but i gonna throw it out there...
Do you play a weak offsuit ace from the SB? this seems like you are asking for trouble if you hit an ace, especially at the microlimit tables where people play any ace. Is it incredibly weak to fold any ace from SB when there is no raise preflop?

[SoCalPat]

As always, this is a "it depends" answer.

If you have six limpers before you, you're best off mucking this hand. You can't even flop an open-ended straight draw to the nuts with this hand, so ditch it.

If it's folded to you, raising is your best play.

If it's folded to the CO and he puts in a steal-raise for the blinds (and you know he'll pull off such a move), three-betting isn't out of the question.

The last two examples are very situational, and rarely happen in low-limit games.

Basically, with a weak ace, such as A3 for example, you're looking for a flop of A3x or 33x (obviously, 245, AA3 or A33 would be much better, but we're not in the business of hoping for Acts of God in poker here), and even then, if that 'x' pairs up, you're pretty much resigned to ditching your hand if there's a lot of action.