For ages I've been hearing it's correct to open pre flop with 22,33,44 and 55 anywhere at 6 max if the pots not been opened. Heard a few of you guys say ito n your vids aswell as jus through loadsa other sources.

This is a concpet I have trouble agreeing with when it comes to being utg and utg +1. Also i hate it out the small blind if theres been limpers. Really just wondering what the pros of this actually are in these positions cos I just get the feeling its genrally a losing play for me every time I do it so perhaps I'm doing something wrong.

Problems I have:

1.They play terribly against 3-bets, there's very little you can do pre flop but give them up OOP, unless you have uber reads.

2. When I'm c betting them I'm always doing it as a bluff becuase effectively I could have any 2 cards and it'd make no differecne on most boards. If I'm called or riased I still feel the same way about the hand. So my point is would I not be better raisng hands like J,9 off suit UTG as it makes hands and draws that i feel better about playing more often.

3. Theres no semi bluff situations for counter play in an aggressive game. I don't feel comfortable playing back at known tricky LAGs with these hands like ever!

4. Theres not enough showdown value to check behind on boards where I could have the best hand and see little use in betting. With these small pairs I still feel inclined to bet because its damn hard to do anything else with the hand excpet turn it into a bluff.

5. If i get more than one caller things get even worse and i often have to check fold OOP on potentially scary boards.

6. I'm just spewing way too much by opening these hands in the first 2 seat cos I don't understand the reasons behind it enough - maybe you guys can clear up the merits of doing this.

And yeah to summarise - I'm not talking especially aggro or passive games jus standard for the $0.50/$1 I play. And also yeah of course theyre good to build a pot with when ur deep and obv theyre v playable in postion and id always comfortably play them on the button etc. i just don't think that the small % of times we makes sets or stack someone makes up for the amount we lose in the 1st 2 positions through there being v little good flops for our hand no semi bluffing oppertunity and no real merit to taking free cards or trying to get a cheap showdown cos we are drawing so thin and really xant make many hero calls at all if we get attacked. So it comes down to spewy c bets that are essentially bluffs i could and prolly do make with any 2 cards so why do i constrcit myself to so few outs in doing so by elceting to raise these these baby pairs over random but not total trash hands.

That's a bit of a speil but any thoughts on why its commonly adivsed to open them in ALL positions would be much appreciated.