Depending on table conditions (smallish stack sizes, aggressive players behind me), I *might* get a little fancy preflop and just smooth call the small EP raise; my goal is to get a bunch of people to call behind me, have some cowboy raise big to steal the dead money, and then I'm able to 3bet (or shove depending on stacks) and perhaps cowboy or others feel committed enough to call.

Other than that little bit of FPS, the best thing to do in this case is just play it straightforward and bet/bet/bet on each street. The flop is drawy (flush draw, gutshots) plus contains an A, so we should get action, and if we don't, there was none to be had. Bet solid amounts; I wouldn't bet less than 1/2 PSB on the flop and if called I'm probably betting even bigger on the turn/river cuz someone has suggested they are interested.

And obviously try to not play if your head isn't in the game / too tired / etc.

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If we're in position, there's a couple of things we can do based on villain. Firstly, we don't necessarily have to bet the flop (depends on the drawyness of the board, our image, etc.), but against aggro/bluffy villains this might mean we'll have to calldown the next two streets. If we do bet and get called, we should typically think of checking behind on the turn; we're beginning to build way too big a pot with way too weak a hand with another bet. By checking the turn we'll be faced with a tough decision on the river if opponent bets; we'll have to decide to call vs fold based on villain's image (is he bluffy vs straightforward), our image (have we been folding lots to bets vs calling down lightly recently), board (is there any missed draws villain could be betting?), etc. Out of position this gets even more difficult. Probably the most important thing (IMO) to keep in mind is to avoid the big mistake; getting all our chips in the middle with the worst hand is a big mistake, and much bigger than folding a smallish pot with the best hand (which we will do now and then).