I keep losing to sets/trips when I have two pair and there’s no flush or straight on the board. It’s so hard to sniff out sets/trips. You can see flushes,straights,and full houses on the board, but sets/trips are sooooo freaking hidden. I’m always losing to them. Any pro tips? Or strategies? This is my first time at this site, I have no poker friends and I keep losing to sets/trips. anyone how you deal with that?

Originally Posted by Bigfox23

I keep losing to sets/trips when I have two pair and there’s no flush or straight on the board. It’s so hard to sniff out sets/trips. You can see flushes,straights,and full houses on the board, but sets/trips are sooooo freaking hidden. I’m always losing to them. Any pro tips? Or strategies? This is my first time at this site, I have no poker friends and I keep losing to sets/trips. anyone how you deal with that?

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Originally Posted by Bigfox23

I keep losing to sets/trips when I have two pair and there’s no flush or straight on the board. It’s so hard to sniff out sets/trips. You can see flushes,straights,and full houses on the board, but sets/trips are sooooo freaking hidden. I’m always losing to them. Any pro tips? Or strategies? This is my first time at this site, I have no poker friends and I keep losing to sets/trips. anyone how you deal with that?

Hi and welcome to cardschat!

I'm going to move this from intros to somewhere you'll get more replies...

One way to stop losing to sets/trips would be to make straights/flushes...

You're right 'threat of the set' is dangerous and can be difficult to identify.

Often when you make a strong, but lesser, hand against set/trips (such as top two pair) it will be difficult to avoid losing a chunk of change.

I'm not sure personally I've got any particularly good suggestions for you here besides to retain a sense of caution when you make one of these strong hands, which are losing to three of a kind.

I imagine this will also be addressed at some point in cardschat's poker course...

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Originally Posted by Bigfox23

I keep losing to sets/trips when I have two pair and there’s no flush or straight on the board. It’s so hard to sniff out sets/trips. You can see flushes,straights,and full houses on the board, but sets/trips are sooooo freaking hidden. I’m always losing to them. Any pro tips? Or strategies? This is my first time at this site, I have no poker friends and I keep losing to sets/trips. anyone how you deal with that?

You need to keep an eye on your opponent. I'm always in good shape. I drop two pairs if they don't turn into a full house on the River. Either I reset it earlier if it goes Allin. I don't want an accidental loss. Still, I often get caught in a set. Here it is important to understand that he has a strong hand or is bluffing.

Everyone loses money or chips to sets, thats why they are such great hands to hit. That being said the skill lies in knowing, when for instance two pair is strong enough to stack off, and when you need to either pot control or even let it go. This depend on preflop action, stack to pot ratio, numbers of people involved, and the strength of your two pair. Having 42 on A429Q is not the same as having AK on AK9.

It is necessary to abstract from the fact that a specific combination is needed. Instead, just play according to the circumstances.