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Old 09-30-2007, 01:33 PM
marchron marchron is offline
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Default Re: Call down with a set? Villian seems to have hit flush...

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[nit]You have trips. A set is when you have a pp and the third is on the board.[/nit]

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Wut? rly?

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The semantics of it doesn't really matter. The difference is the strength of the hand. SSHE says that trips (one in your hand, two on the board) are weaker than a set (two in your hand, one on the board) because someone could have the same trips as you, but with a better kicker; furthermore, the paired board will spook all opponents into caution while a set is more deceptive, therefore you will collect tons of extra bets.

I'd also add that the paired board means anyone who has hit a "set" with the odd card actually has a full house, and you're drawing very thin.
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