Two hole cards of the same rank.
It flops a set or better 11.8% of the time (about 1 in 8). Small pairs rarely win without flopping a set, so play them only when opponents have enough chips left to win.
Related terms
- Set (poker)Three of a kind made with a pocket pair and one board card.
- Set-mining (poker)Calling with a small pair aiming only to hit a set.
- Overpair / Underpair (poker)A pocket pair above, or below, every card on the board.
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