When making my post, I was referring to
Tien's 6-max Fundamentals post where he said to raise all pocket pairs. I decided not to raise here because I figured I would get called by hands like J8, J9, K9, etc. which these donks like to play. Basically garbage hands preflop that smoke me on the flop if I don't hit my set. I figured if I did hit my set, I still might not win a big pot unless someone was willing to chase a draw. I typically raise all PPs because of how it disguises my holding. If I can get heads up my c-bet takes down the pot most of the time; or if I hit my set against someone holding AQ-AJ on an A high flop, I'm usually going to stack them. Thanks for all your input.
AC