psychotie
Rock Star
Silver Level
It depends. Poker player terminology is different from the official hand rankings. Players make a distinction between 'a set' and 'trips'. The official name for it however is 'three of a kind'.
Same with two pair, the players' term is 'aces up' and the game term is 'two pair'. You can act any way you want, just as you can use either the player vocabulary or the game hand rankings. Nobody can force you to take their name convention, what's next someone correcting you when you say 'a three' instead of 'a trey' that those ESPN wsop seem to like ? Or people berating you when you announce a straight and say 'no, you have a wheel/broadway you ****'
gl on the felts
Same with two pair, the players' term is 'aces up' and the game term is 'two pair'. You can act any way you want, just as you can use either the player vocabulary or the game hand rankings. Nobody can force you to take their name convention, what's next someone correcting you when you say 'a three' instead of 'a trey' that those ESPN wsop seem to like ? Or people berating you when you announce a straight and say 'no, you have a wheel/broadway you ****'
gl on the felts
dd_decker
Rock Star
Silver Level
"Aces Up" or "Queens Up" means you have two pair but it is more specific in that it tells you the higher pair. For example, if you have Aces and Sevens, it is two pair and it is more specifically "Aces Up". The bottom pair is not specified, so Aces and Threes, for example, is also "Aces Up". So Wild Bill Hickock got shot holding "Aces Up". 
Carl Trooper
Degenerate Idiot
Silver Level
"Aces Up" or "Queens Up" means you have two pair but it is more specific in that it tells you the higher pair. For example, if you have Aces and Sevens, it is two pair and it is more specifically "Aces Up". The bottom pair is not specified, so Aces and Threes, for example, is also "Aces Up". So Wild Bill Hickock got shot holding "Aces Up".
You did not give a board structure here so it isn't as clear for people who may not know what you mean.
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cpgd176
Enthusiast
Silver Level
Difference is when saying you have Aces up it means one of your two whole cards is an Ace and has paired with the other one on board. On a board of AJ479 rainbow, a player can say (s)he has "aces up" if (s)he has one of the following hands: AT, A4, A7, or A9.
The other combinations would ( J4, J7, J9, 47, 49, 79 ) would all be considered "two pair".
Hope this helps.
The other combinations would ( J4, J7, J9, 47, 49, 79 ) would all be considered "two pair".
Hope this helps.
aero87
Rock Star
Silver Level
Terms like broadway (Ten to Ace) and Wheel (Ace to Five) are still straights just more specific. Trips and set is still 3 of a kind, just specific of how you have the three of a kind (2 in the hole or 1).
Now if we can just get someone to clarify full house and full boat.....
Arjonius
Legend
Silver Level
Aces up is two pair where one of the pairs is aces. It does not matter where any of the cards are located.
OzExorcist
Broomcorn's uncle
Bronze Level
^ this. Exactly this.
So "aces up" is "two pair", it's just a shorthand way of saying "I have two pairs, and the highest pair is aces".
dmorris68
Legend
Loyaler
Also, two pair is two pair whether you call them aces up or not. However with three of a kind the distinction between a set and trips is important. A set is a stronger hand and plays completely differently than trips.
One of my pet peeves is when players analyzing or reporting on a hand say trips instead of set or vice-versa, because it drastically changes the dynamic of the hand.
One of my pet peeves is when players analyzing or reporting on a hand say trips instead of set or vice-versa, because it drastically changes the dynamic of the hand.
tony4680
Rock Star
Silver Level
(Anything) up = 2 pair where "Anything" is the higher of the pairs
Top two- top two pairs in relation to the board
(Anything) full = full house where "Anything" are the cards you have 3 of
Just kind of a shorthand for announcing your hand. Those extra syllables can be exhausting :smile:
Top two- top two pairs in relation to the board
(Anything) full = full house where "Anything" are the cards you have 3 of
Just kind of a shorthand for announcing your hand. Those extra syllables can be exhausting :smile:
Beanfacekilla
Legend
Silver Level
dd_decker
Rock Star
Silver Level