You guys are raising middle pair with a gutshot here? I realize I have the likely equivalent of a flush draw, but my hand is vulnerable as hell. I'm behind to 99+ AT,KT,JT, and flipping if he has two overs and a flush draw.

I like open limping from the button with SCs, if the small blind completes, and I hit a monster I have twice the chances of getting action. Especially at microstakes when people are calling 70-80BB+ with TPGK.

I thought not overextending with speculative hands was the whole idea? Or does this come down to building a pot even if you know you're sacrificing the raise you made if you have to fold to a bet on the turn.

Especially when there are like 25 or 30 cards that could hit on the turn that will cause me to fold to a lead bet. Or the fact that I can't call a 3bet with this hand on this flop because too many of my outs could be dead.