Posted by Johnnymac 7:23 AM
Incidentally, this is also a good example of another reason why holding a set is better than holding trips - because quite often a player with a big pair in the pocket has no way of knowing that you have him beat with three of a kind if all he sees is a board with unmatched little cards.
A paired board looks much more dangerous to a good player who knows that he should be afraid and thus it may be harder to extract value from him without inducing a fold. This is especially true of making trips with a face card because the other player knows it's more likely you may have a higher card in your hand than a smaller.
Random thoughts from a lawyer, an accountant, a commodities trader, an ex-Marine and a WSOP Main Event money finisher that don't know as much as they wish they did...