I flopped the nuts!

I read Phil Gordon’s book (I have to get caught up on the sidebar, I know), and he doesn’t exactly say "call with pairs for bigger pay".  What he says is that any pair is worth calling with, up to about 5xBB, as long as you know how to get away from the hand if you miss.  The implied odds, especially at low limits, are staggering.  You can miss on the 90% or whatever the odds are that you don’t pick up a set and still be comfortably ahead.

One other thing: the "raise to narrow the field" theory is sort of small-minded.  It maximizes your chance to win that hand (ie, pick up the blinds) and ignores the long-term implied odds of getting paid with a set.  However, it’s probably still robably valid with TT, JJ, and QQ.  Maybe 88 and 99, but it’s really only limited by your ability to fold your pairs after an unfavorable flop (and, obviously, there are more unfavorable flops to QQ than there are to 88).

Link: Instead of raising, call with pocket pairs for bigger pay.