However, the point is that sets are not always accounted for like pairs, flushes and straights are. In fairness, even good players will struggle to avoid losing money in a hand like that (in fact, you would be have played too passively if you didn't lose at least 20% of your stack). For example, if your opponent has A K on a flop of K 8 3 and you keep calling/raising their bets, the majority of the time they're going to assume that you have a weaker king and be happy to put more money in the pot. Many inexperienced players (and even some of the better ones) forget about the possibility of sets when they hit a decent hand. Here's a quick explanation of why sets are awesome and why trips are its disappointment of a brother. If you like short strategy tidbits, check out these poker theorems. However, this sweeping statement does have enough merit to it to make it worth talking about. Just like any piece of poker strategy advice that's confined to one line, it's not something that you're going to want to set your watch to. This isn't a massively popular theorem, nor can I find any articles mentioning it, but it does get thrown about on the odd occasion. There is a saying in Texas Hold'em that “sets win money and trips lose money”. The gap between the odds is large because it's obviously much easier to hit 1 card out of 2 than 2 cards out of 3 over three trials (the flop). It's interesting to note that it's 9 times harder to make 3-of-a-kind without a pocket pair on the flop than it is to make 3-of-a-kind with a pocket pair. trips article, but I thought I'd go ahead and list them here anyway. This information doesn't really add much or lead on to anything in this set vs. Note: These odds are for hitting a set or trips exactly, not a set or trips at least. Odds of hitting a set on the flop = 8.3 to 1 (10.78%).Odds of hitting a trips on the flop = 73.2 to 1 (1.35%).

Odds of hitting trips and sets on the flop. So basically, a set is when you make 3-of-a-kind when you're holding a pocket pair.

Sets and trips are the two separate ways of making three of a kind in Texas Hold'em.

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