Question:

If you have the following opening set in pineapple:

Top: Q
Middle: Ax
Bottom: J9

It is not a good strategy to pair (x) with the first two (draws)---because it devalues the point of setting the (Ace) in the middle.

The shortest path to FL would be to get JJ 99 on bottom /with an Aces in the middle / and Queens up top, right?

*note pairing (x) will mean that when you draw an (Ace)---you should not have a higher 2-pair draw in middle, correct?

It would be making it more difficult to draw Trip Js or Trip 9s or a Full House.

Thus, why take the long way to FL, right?