As stated above stack depth is very important especially when playing a pot heads up, multi-way i don't think its as important as long as everyone is around 100BB deep.
Pre Flop Bets: It is better to have a raiser and a few callers so we get a good price to call with suited connectors. If a loose aggressive player opens you can use these hands to 3bet IP to take it down preflop or possibly flop huge and get it in, also if you completely miss the flop these hands are easy to get away from.
Board Textures: Low to mid connected flops which bring OESD's, FD's, gutshots, doublegutters, OESFD or disguised two pair type hands are ideal, high broadway or ace high unconnected rainbow flops aren't so hot.
Position/Opponents/Style: Its always better to be in position as you will gain more information before you have to act through opponents decisions also you can be more aggresive IP re-raising c-bets with big draws etc. Its better to have multiple opponents as these hands don't lose there value vs. multiple opponents if your not deepstacked as if you hit the flop its more likely somebody else will catch a piece increasing the chances of us getting action with a funky two pair for example. With more opponents we also get a better price to call pre. Playing these kind of hands IP against spewy players who cant fold bottom, second or even weak top pair hands is ideal as you have a much better chance of extracting max value.
Building the pot: It is good to build the pot when you are happy to stack off on the flop with a open ended straight flush draw for example which my actually have more equity than an opponents range. Building the pot is also useful if you are deepstacked when you have a lot of implied odds and will be greatly rewarded if you hit. Can't seem to think of a scenario where you would favour keeping the pot small? I'm sure someone will.
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