Pocket Nines

1822Jazz · #1 02-20-2005, 02:43 PM

I recently read (in a Sept 2004 CardPlayer article) a poker pro, whos name I can't remember right now, says that he likes playing pocket nines because they made a set 68% of the time. He even joked that he and his buddies called pocket nines a "pocket set". In my research (Mike Petriv's Hold'em Odds Book) any pocket pair will make a set 10.8% of the time on the flop, 4.4% with one card to come, and 19% of the time if you take them all the way to the river. What makes pocket nines so special? Am I misunderstanding?

MycroftX · #2 02-20-2005, 03:10 PM

nothing makes nines special, you have a chance to hit a set roughly 12% of the time on the flop.

1822Jazz · #3 02-20-2005, 04:26 PM

That is what I figured. Just leaves me wondering why he said that. Thanks for the reply.

deadmunny · #4 02-20-2005, 08:50 PM

Selective memory,

I have played a 6 hour session at party before and had 88 four times, they made a set everytime!!!... So in that session I could say:

I love 88 because they make me a set 100% of the time.

Regards D.

sure it wasnt Phil Helmuth?

1822Jazz · #5 02-20-2005, 11:58 PM

It wasn't Phil...but it probably should have been-LOL.
You make a good point though.

1822Jazz · #6 02-26-2005, 02:05 PM

If any one sees this, or cares for that matter, I looked up the magazine again and the player who made the statement about the pocket nines is David Williams. Pretty good player as I understand.

Freakin · #7 02-26-2005, 06:08 PM

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If any one sees this, or cares for that matter, I looked up the magazine again and the player who made the statement about the pocket nines is David Williams. Pretty good player as I understand.

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Would you mind posting the part of the article where he mentions that? A guy like Williams shouldn't be saying crap like that. Maybe it was poorly worded or something.

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Pov · #8 02-26-2005, 11:21 PM

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...he likes playing pocket nines because they made a set 68% of the time. He even joked that he and his buddies called pocket nines a "pocket set"....Am I misunderstanding?

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Yes.

1822Jazz · #9 03-25-2005, 01:47 PM

A matter of semantics I suppose. It seems to me there is still some ambiguity present. You make a good point though. Even if the quote is slightly out of context the entire statement may have been a joke.