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Originally Posted by BDHarrison
As far as I can tell, trips and set used to be synonymous. Someone who refers to any three of a kind as a set is usually someone who played a lot of poker before the online era.
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Originally Posted by frommagio
No way. There are plenty of us here, no need to guess - just ask!
Three of a kind is a set of trips. Four of a kind is a set of quads.
I first saw 'sets' and 'trips' distinguished on the old RGP during the 90s. It facilitated making hand histories clearer, and it worked well.
When the HE side games were good during the WSOP a few years ago, I'd make a point of miscalling hands -- if the board had JJ and I had a J in my hand, I announce, "Set of jacks." If someone corrected me, I would assume that they had studied the game some, but didn't have a lot of live experience. I felt that it was a fairly reliable tell.
If you really want to go old school with a set of trip jacks, say "Jacks a bunch."