My Leak (one of 'em at least)

[wonkadaddy]

shorthanded i can't figure out how to play middle pairs to a raise. w/66-99

obviously i raise these holdings if no one is in the pot yet. but if someone has already raised the pot i usually reraise to prevent other callers (especially the BB) from coming in.

unfortunately i still lose a lot of flops to my opponent with overcards and sometimes am almost drawing dead the whole hand to my opponent w/an overpair. postflop, if a continuation bet doesn't win it, i've often got no clue where i'm at for the rest of the hand and am in danger of getting bluffed or paying someone off.

to a more legitimate utg raiser could i consider folding 66 and 77? 88 amd 99? what about when i'm on the button and the first in raiser is in the cutoff? and does it ever make sense to coldcall (like if the BB is extremely tight and likely to fold anyways?)

thanks for any replies/advice