Set or trips

Someone suggested the other day that trips is if you have 1 hole card and hit 2 on the board

A set is if you have 2 hole cards and hit the 3rd on the board?

Is this correct, it Is it just personal preference?

Also why do people call 2 and 3 deuce and trey respectively? Deuce I can accept.....at a push 😄

zkmena said:

Someone suggested the other day that trips is if you have 1 hole card and hit 2 on the board

A set is if you have 2 hole cards and hit the 3rd on the board?

Is this correct, it Is it just personal preference?

Also why do people call 2 and 3 deuce and trey respectively? Deuce I can accept.....at a push 😄

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For me, trips and set are the same thing; 'best hand' = 3 cards with same value using cards on table and in hand.
...but I might be wrong.....

zkmena said:

A set is if you have 2 hole cards and hit the 3rd on the board?

Is this correct, it Is it just personal preference?

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That's absolutely correct, thrips is just lucky as hell, a set is lucky

for me is the set is better trap for opponent
so if you have some hand pair
keep them with you

zkmena said:

Someone suggested the other day that trips is if you have 1 hole card and hit 2 on the board

A set is if you have 2 hole cards and hit the 3rd on the board?

Is this correct, it Is it just personal preference?

Also why do people call 2 and 3 deuce and trey respectively? Deuce I can accept.....at a push 😄

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Your definition if "Set" and "Trips" is correct. I just learned this myself about a year ago. As far as why a deuce, and a trey are called what they are called .... I couldn't tell ya. Have a good day

One thing and, too, simply different options for good...

Wow, never even thought of it that way. Gosh, there are so many terms in poker it's like learning a new language

Sets are a nightmare for me yesterday. I lost entire bank roll on four different sets on the flop. three times I was against two pair that hit the river. Fourth time I made a big raise he pushed. I felt like he was bluffing. Sure enough he had no pairs and two hearts. One on the flop. Runner runner hearts.
I don't mind because I took a free roll dollar win and turned it into 15 dollars. But I know it's rigged. But I can't fold those sets. Specially if I don't see a flush draw or str draw. Never.
This is why I play the free stuff online and cash at the tables. Getting so predictable online that it's losing it entertainment value. Peace

Both have the same value. Typically, the distinction is in the strategy of how to play the different hands. A set is made with a pocket pair. Trips are made with a single hole card.

I remember the sets from the trips by recalling the letters of the alphabet. (S)et comes before (T)rip.
Then I think selfishly, me before you. So Set means I have the pair in my hand. Trip means the table has the pair.

Confusing, I know, but that's how I remember to tell the difference between sets and trips.