Poker term
What is Pocket Pair in poker?
Pocket Pair
Hole cards of a matching rank. Preflop holdings such as 22, 77 and KK are pocket pairs.
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How to Play Low Pocket Pairs in Cash Games
Get in cheap, try to flop a set, and hope your opponent pays you off. This oversimplified approach is probably how most of you play your low pocket pairs. It’s a fairly valid approach, but it’s incomplete. Unless you want to leak money with your low pocket pairs, you’d be wise to employ a more…
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When Should You Set Mine with a Pocket Pair? These 5 Tips Will Clear Things Up.
You call a raise with pocket sevens and stare anxiously as the dealer reveals the flop… Queen… Jack… SEVEN! As soon as you see that seven, your anxiety fades and your eyes dart to count your opponent’s stack. You’re going to try to get it all. There is nothing in poker like the thrill of…
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How to Play Middle Pocket Pairs After Calling a 3-Bet (6 Tips)
Middle pocket pairs can feel like slot machines when you raise and someone 3-bets behind you. You call and hope to hit the jackpot (a set). But that only happens about 10.8% of the time. While that is definitely the best and most profitable part of playing these hands, there are some nuances that come…
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