Originally Posted by Rondavu

If I'm in the SB, I'll play almost anything for no raise if there are enough limpers. Your pot odds are outstanding with any hand in a multi way unraised pot. Just be careful. Don't bet out with top pair bad kicker. A lot of people will get A3 offsuit here and bet out when an ace pops. Your better off checking and trailing. If you bet out and someone calls, you don't know if they're calling you down with a better ace. If you check aound and everyone else does too, you can be more confident your ace is good, and you might even stick your neck out there by leading out the turn bet.

It's very tough to play hands here. You want to get more than just a piece of the flop. If you don't then seriously consider folding. The reason for this is your in a pot with like 5 or more people. There's an increased probability that someone will have better than one pair when all is said and done. It will only get you in trouble to be bold with slim holdings. Your calling the other half of your blind in an unraised multi way to flop or draw to a monster. Beyond that it's tough to make money. Just remember that a lot of the time it's correct to complete your blind and see a flop when a pot is large and unraised. I think you can minimize blind losses if you play a wide array of hands correctly. Only raise huge hands.

Just don't get yourself in trouble by being an aggressive blind operator. Playing blinds is really fun if you become good at it.

Also I wanted to mention that there's no shame in completing your blind and then folding when the big blind raises behind you. I think for a lot of people that's a big leak. Just fold it unless it's a pretty damn good hand.

Originally Posted by Strung

Same goes for hands like ATo.

Originally Posted by Demiparadigm

sb gives you an interesting advantage that most people ignore, which is relative position.
If you flop a hand like top pair weak kicker it is usually correct to check, and see how action develops. Then you can decide what to do with your hand as though you were last to act. If everyone checks to the CO or button who bets, a checkraise is often the best play with top pair, followed by a continuation on the turn. It shows more strength than you actually have, gets out a lot of hands that could outdraw you, as well as some that may have you beat, and you often win in a showdown unimproved.