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set mine

set mine verb: to enter a hand with a low pair in hopes of flopping a set, i.e. three of a kind.

Verb

set mine (third-person singular simple present set mines, present participle set mining, simple past and past participle set mined)

  1. (Texas hold-em) To enter a hand with a low pair in hopes of flopping a set, i.e. three of a kind.
    • It is most profitable to set mine when you and your opponents have deep stacks.

Forms of set mine

third-person singular presentset mines
present participleset mining
past participleset mined
pastset mined
alternative formsetmine

Questions about set mine

What does set mine mean?
Set mine means to enter a hand with a low pair in hopes of flopping a set, i.e. three of a kind.
What part of speech is set mine?
Set mine is a verb.
What is the past tense of set mine?
The past tense of set mine is set mined.

Words near set mine in the dictionary

  1. set list
  2. set lists
  3. set loose
  4. set menu
  5. set menus
  6. set mine
  7. set mined
  8. set mines
  9. set mining
  10. set net
  11. set nets

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