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If your game is on par with Daniel's then have at it. SC are best played in multiway pots. If, based on table conditions, you think a raise in early position gets you a multi-way pot AND you are skilled at playing OOP for the rest of the hand then I guess it will work.

I routinely play SC near the CO (occasionally elsewhere) when I can get a cheap flop or if a raise will disguise my hand and randomize my play. I also like raising them when I think I can steal blinds or the button.

I am not a big fan of playing them OOP as you tend to get into a lot of marginal situations that somehow wind up costing you a lot of money (flop bottom two-pair, TPWK, etc.).