[Hood]

It depends a lot on my stack size.

If I'm a short stack and no one has entered the pot, then I'll push. I'm happy to take down the blinds, and if I get called it's often a 50/50.

I certainly find you can't play these for set value when the blinds get high. If it's a low pocket-pair then I'll often fold them, or raise with aim to steal. I'm not going to get involved with the other big stack with 22-77. With 99-JJ, I may limp in from the small blind. If non-scary under cards flop then I'm going to push them hard.

But generally, when there's 4-5 left, I rarely limp in with any hand - I'm happy to take down the blinds or get a small-stack all in.