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August 9th, 2008

Playing Small Pairs

In cash games, for the most part, it seems that if you are playing a multiway pot and you don’t hit your set (which will happen 1 in 8 times roughly), then you’re hand isn’t worth much. It’s hard to win with just a standalone pair against several players, so if you miss that set, […]

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July 3rd, 2008

Flopping a Set

The math says that a pocket pair preflop will flop a set, or pick up its third card to match the pair, roughly 1 in 8 times.
In cash games, with most small pairs, if you are playing at a full table, you often aren’t going to win the pot with pairs of 9’s and lower […]

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March 14th, 2008

Losing with a Set

I don’t think there’s a much worse feeling that losing a big pot after flopping a set. It’s kind of like being given a present and then having someone stomp on it wearing cowboy boots before you get to open it.
Lost a big pot online today after flopping a set of 8’s against a guy […]

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