2/4 HORSE stud/8 - too aggro with 2 small pair?

[SweetLuckyMe]

You either want to do something like an early check-raise to thin the field out severely, or you want to keep the pot as small as possible and dump it early to anyone showing much strength if you can't get it heads up. Dead one-way hands can be very expensive in this game, and in my opinion there's just not enough money in the pot on 4th to warrant getting involved unless you can drastically thin out the field. All their boards are troubling on 4th and betting out with your hand as the bringin is a leak. Either check with the intent of check-raising if the last guy bets, or check/fold if it goes bet, call, call.