Flopping A Set In Texas Hold’em
A PAIR IN THE HOLE, whether it’s 2-2 or A-A, presents a fantastic opportunity if you’re lucky enough to flop three of a kind otherwise known as a set. Flop three of a kind and it would be rare that someone else in the pot will have you beat. Quite often, though, your opponents will catch their straights or flushes on the draw and crush your trips.While flopping a set is very fortunate, you must protect your hand, while at the same time getting maximum value for it. This presents a dilemma: How
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Useful poker terms:
- SPREAD LIMIT - A variation on fixed limit wherein the minimum and maximum bets are different. A 1-4-8 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds and 1-8 in the last round. A 1-4-8-16 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds, 1 to 8 in the next-to-last round, and 1 to 16 in the last round.
- FLAT LIMIT - A variant of fixed limit where all bets are the same amount.
- LOWBALL - Generic term for poker where the lowest hand wins.
- HOYLE - Edmund Hoyle (1769-?) was the authoritative source for rules of card games. Hoyle is to card rules as Webster is to word definitions.
- IN - Still eligible to win the pot. "I'm in" is often spoken as one adds chips to the pot, calling.
- TOP PAIR - In flop games, having a hole card that matches the highest card on the board.
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