Trips vs Full house

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Good day all. This is my first post here after lurking for like forever. However, I believe I had quite an uncommon occurrence happen to me twice today in the lower stakes. I didnt save the hand history cause I was quite astonished and a bit stunned the two times it happened. However, do know that both times I was all in by the river. And the second time I knew exactly what beat me but i still couldnt fold. The situation is a s follows...

If hero flops trips and the villain flops a full house and you know the only thing that beats you by the river is a full house, would you fold to an all in?

Or is flopping a full house such an uncommon event you probably wouldnt fold. Oh yeh and first time I had an Ace kicker and the second time a King.

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I'm new here too and I don't have many answers about what you have ask, but I do know that the players here that can answer it are going to say they need more info. One thing I can say though since I been playing online 12 years now, flopping a full house happens quite often. So I hope some of these other players will come and answer this for you. Keep posting and you will receive answers
 
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To flop trips with an A or K kicker lol ,I would have called any allin or I would have gone allin myself, to tell the truth, I can't remember the last time I flopped a boat, or seen anyone else flop one, so all I can say, I'm right behind you, I would have played the hand the same as you :D but yea anytime that the board hits a pair there is a good possibility of someone hitting a boat!!!
 
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Trips are a potentially dangerous hand for that reason, and one should always proceed with caution when a player is aggressively playing back on a paired board. With experience and good reads, trips can be an easy fold.

Trips are not as strong as a set (despite some people *incorrectly* using the terms interchangeably) and must be played very differently. Without a detailed hand history to describe the action in the hands you mention, we really can't tell you if you should have folded or not.
 
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Something similar happened to me recently, I had AQ and the flop was QAQ and I was very happy to get it in good especially since the villain limped into the hand, iirc I jammed the flop only to see him turn over AA for the higher FH.

I don't think there was a way of me getting out of that one.




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If hero flops trips and the villain flops a full house and you know the only thing that beats you by the river is a full house, would you fold to an all in?

I hope so. Reminds me of this hand from wsop 2013:

 
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Thanks for the feedback people. Will be more cautious in future situations such as these.
WRT to vid. Interesting to see WSOP level people encountering my micro level problem.
 
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Zorba rocking the underfull and getting it in like a donk ;)
 
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In my opinion there is a huge difference in how you might perceive your hand strength (trips) on a flop depending on the quality of cards that appear:
If you draw your trips with a pre-flop hand of KA and a flop of KK10 or something of that magnitude, you should be more wary of a full house possibility than if you had say a pre-flop hand of KK and a flop of K107. In the first hand there is that chance of the opponent having a full house, and while he either needs K10, 1010 to have that hand, he is more likely to have a full house on a high card flop rather than a flop say of K53, as In the second hand you are obviously ahead and should assume so. If he's calling you all in on a hand like that he's either bluffing hard (dangerous board to do that on) or has a made hand. I would have played it the same as you though, you had the odds, and unless you had a great read on your opponent, you should just play it all-in on equity.
 
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So sometimes it is. You just have to put up with it and play on. Distance will give back and in your favor.
 
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Something similar happened to me recently, I had AQ and the flop was QAQ and I was very happy to get it in good especially since the villain limped into the hand, iirc I jammed the flop only to see him turn over AA for the higher FH.

I don't think there was a way of me getting out of that one.




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Folding a full house like that no way.

I have tried severel times that there is a raise all-in before me, knowing only one card or the correct two card combination could beat my hand.

And of course this card in correct colour is on the other hand.
 
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It also depend on your ability to read your opponent.If you good a good read on your opponent it will help you a lot in making the decision.
 
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