Struggling with position with certain hands

[Bozanic]

Hi, semi-experienced newbee.

NL-FR- low stakes.

Hands like K-J, Q-J, occasionally J-10 etc.

My usual pre-flop play if I decide to enter the pot & am first to act is as follows;
EP - bet 4xBB
MP - bet 3xBB
LP - bet 4xBB
Reasoning; most players, like myself, are willing to go 4x-6xBB with mid to small pairs, with a 4xBB entry a raise from LP will likely put playing those pairs out. I really dislike limping, & usually only limp mid to small pairs from EP & MP. If I am in the CO, button or SB & it is folded around to me I'm betting 4xBB with just about any 2 cards 80 to 90% of the time. I'd rather fold hands I cannot bet with from early & mid positions.

My post flop play is reasonable, or average, not great, but aggressive. When I enter with bets from EP & MP with the above hands, I am expecting a raise from a later position. When it comes back around to me I then determine if pot odds, implied odds, the players active etc. are worth calling or not. I will usually c-bet after the flop & will bluff with raises & re-raises roughly 10% of the time depending on my reads of opp. if I've missed the flop with 1, maybe 2 villians.

My question is, should I be playing these hands from those positions as above? Should I limp or fold 'em? I am hoping to improve my post flop play, hand reading skills etc. by playing such hands but at these stakes there are lots of donks that think Ax is gold. What adjustments should I make? Or will confidence playing such hands come from the experience of playing them?

I play low stakes to improve my playing skills moreso than increasing BR at this time.

Thanks for any comments, thoughts and criticisms.

[zook]

I recommend just folding these hands in EP. If the table is passive pre-flop (not much raising) you could limp JTs & T9s but they don't play that well oop anyway. In MP I'm dumping KJo/QJo/JTo, raising them up 4xbb if they're suited. In LP, raise them all up, suited or not.

[Chicago_Kid]

I go back and forth between tag and lag to grow my game and these hands get me into tons of trouble...most of the time OOP. Just remember that the goal is to make fewer/smaller mistakes and better/bigger good decisions than your opponents. Unless you are reall disciplined, good at controlling pot size, and able to get away from second best, playing marginals out of position leaves you at a disadvantage from the get-go.