I prefer pocket pairs or more specifically AA, KK, QQ and JJ. I do also like suited connectors like AKs and KQs though. Or the suited 1-gabber AQs. But maybe you mean small pairs and small suited connectors like 44 or 65s? These are actually losing hands for the majority of players, so I dont like them much, and I often fold them.
If I play them, its mostly in late position, when it folds to me, or if I get a good price to defend my big blind. In tournaments the value of small pairs go up, when you get short stacked, and often a hand like 44 can then be a jam, whereas 65s is a fold. This is, because 44 has more equity when called, and when you are all-in preflop, you are not facing difficult postflop decisions like what to do with third or fouth pair.