preflop pot-odds

Say that I have a small pocket pair like 66, how much should I pay to see the flop? The chance of 66 holding up is slim so I need my set which would be 13% chance of getting.

Does that mean it's correct to call a bet that is less than 13% of the pot or should I also concider that when I do hit I can make some good money or is there other options? Raising?

in NL implied odds are far more important than pot odds.

if you hit your set, your probally going to make a lot more money than what is currently in the pot.

yeah, I think the theory is something like u should call if the raise is 10% of the raisers stack or your stack (whichever is smallest) as the odds of you hitting your set is 1 in 8 and therefore, u are getting paid off properly when u do. There is another post on this (about small pp's and when to call raises). I will see if I can find it and post it later.

Of course, the flop can dictate other options for u, i.e. u hold 66 and the flop comes 3 4 5 or 4 5 7 etc which might have u still in the lead anyway (against Ace-Face), but with extra options to win.

Generally though, u are looking for a smallish raise, multi-way action and preferably late position.

What do the more accomplished out there think?

That's basically how I play it. It's worth it to call just about any raise in NL (say, within 5xBB or so) with a pocket pair, but you've got to know when to give the hand up post-flop if you didn't hit the set.

If you can manage to see the flop cheap with 3-4 other folks and manage to hit the set, you're gonna get paid off big time.

It's a poor hand to call an all-in with though, for obvious reasons (unless the guy is short-stacked in a big way). Anything less than 7-7 (and, more likely, 10s or lower) or so is at best a coin flip against an all-in, and quite possibly drawing to just 2 outs. I've seen too many folks overvalue their small pocket pairs, calling an all-in, and then looking stunned when their 4-4 is dominated by 8-8 or something.