What do you do with small pairs in No Limit Holdem Poker?

[chicagoanswerer]

What do you do with small pairs, I'm mainly talkng about 2's throug maybe 6's or 8's? My thinking is that you either gotta go all in without seeing the flop and make someone really go out on the line and hope they draw a pair, otherwise just throw them away. Seems like a waste to even call and see the flop because you already have 2 of those cards so the odds of you drawing a third aren't good and a pair of 3's or something like that is pretty worhtless if you let others see the flop. Just wondering if anyone else has a better way of playing them.

["FroG"]

low pairs, i always match the pot befor the flop to get a value out of it.. more than usually, everyone folds and i take the pot..

[hawk0810]

A lot depends on how the betting goes. If I'm first to act, or if it's been checked to me then I'm going to raise 3x blind and try to take the pot that way. If someone has called the blind I will do the same and hope for a set on the flop. If someone has already raised before me I would probably lay them down unless I had a lot of chips, or was in one of the blind positions.