Re: Losing with 33 - some hands for inspection.
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The odds of flopping a set with a pocket pair are about 7.5:1.
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You need better odds for lower pp than higher ones, however, because you are significantly more likely to be facing an overset with 22 than with TT. While your implied odds can make up discrepancies preflop and make it profitable to play 33 with say, 4 other players, hitting your set only to have another player hit another set does tend to reduce this.
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It is so rare to lose set over set that the effect of such hands is probably rather small. More a factor as to why hands like 77 are better than 33 is that you make more winning straights with the higher PPs since you can make the high-end of a 4 card sraight and when the board pairs it is more often lower than your PP rendering you less vulnerable to an overfull by a flopped 2 pair.
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