[Vince Lepore]

You have to be more specific. Is your question for limit, no limit or pot limit tournaments? The answer is different for each type of game and blinds plus chip position, yours and your opponents.

In tournaments you make plays like this with survival always in the back of your mind unless your chip position is extremely good or bad. Even then survival must be considered. In live games with fixed blinds raising from the blinds is easier to determine. For instance in a 15-30 games if you have 5 or more limpers raising with small and medium pairs and suited connectors is a profitible play. In turnaments, especially no limit it might be better to see the flop with these hands in the same situation. In pot limit raising might also be right but in pot limit it is more important to consider your opponents before making these plays.

Vince