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Entity, are you insinuating that the preflop play would be better with a hand like 44 (though maybe still not optimal)?

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Ok let's chat about the preflop play. Why do we make a raise with a small pair with many limpers? Well two reasons, often we are getting a fair price to do so, though not a large advantage. Often it is just revenue nuetral, some times a bit of a dog, but what it does is bloat the pot a bit such that if you hit your set others will call even though they do not have the odds to do so, because you have a set. According to the theory of poker, that is a "good thing"(tm).

So what if I rebloat the darn thing here? Well now you have become a victim of your own design, the pot is so large on the flop that you have to see another card on the turn, and sometimes on the river drawing to a razor thin edge.

So do we need to do this, sometimes, but here it is likely that several of the players will call anyway if you flop a set. Well if that is the case you actually gain more by not raising because it increases the size of their postflop mistake. It all depends on the players.

Of special note however, raising is fun and getting extra bets in on revenue neutral holdings can add a bit of flair to your game. That's not a bad thing, however this situation is a pot size manipulation question and not so much a "how to add flair" question.