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LuckySlevin
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08-08-2008, 02:12 PM
Post subject: terminology - trips or sets?
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Full House
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I'm reading poker for dummies. They make the following statement and it's confused me a bit.
I'd learnt from the forum that trips were if you held only one of the three of a kind in your hole cards, and a set was when you held two in your hole cards (making it less likely that someone else has the same hand) - but the above seems to imply there's no difference.
Could someone clarify thanks
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Deanglow
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officially if you have a pair in your hand hit a 3rd on the board that is a set. if you have one card in your hand and hit 2 on the board that is trips. but no one really pays attention to it
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Technically it's the same thing but many differentiate the two as a set or a pair to avoid confusion about the hand. Trips are typically easy to spot (paired board) but sets are much harder.
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Your hand:
:As: 
Board:
  
You got trips.
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Your hand:
 
Board:
:Kd: 
You got a set.
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I think there is another point of clarification...
Re-read your page...
If you HELD 888 you could call it trips or spades... sounds like 5-card draw, 7-card draw or another game. Not Texas Hold Em because you don't HOLD three or more cards.
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Pino_Diablo
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i didn't know that.
i wonder if a set wins more hands than trips? my guessing is that with trips there is a possibility of a full house. (very wide generalization)
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sarbox68
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by Deanglow
officially if you have a pair in your hand hit a 3rd on the board that is a set. if you have one card in your hand and hit 2 on the board that is trips. but no one really pays attention to it
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Just to add to this... the real diff is that trips are more vulnerable than a set and less disguised. They're vulnerable 'cause you've got a paired board giving you real exposure to a full house. It's usually been suggested to me that trips need to be played hard and fast -- not a good candidate for slowplaying. Other issue is that you might want to stay aware of your kicker... 93 on a 996KT board has exposure to not only KK and TT, but also villain holding 98 or A9. This isn't an issue with a set...
A set is more hidden and can even make sense to play against a strong flopped draw (i.e. 3 to a suit) because you have the outs to a full house. Still have to be careful about slow-playing them but you have the option depending on board texture.
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LuckySlevin
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Thanks for all the replies much appreciated. They actually refer to the set's as havin two hole cards paired and hitting a third on the board later in the book so I think that was just a bit of an editorial slip up - thanks for reassuring me that I had the right idea.
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