Set

hand strength

Three of a kind made by holding a pocket pair matching a board card.

Sets are massively profitable — disguised, very strong, set up implied odds. Set-mining (calling preflop with small pairs hoping to flop a set) needs 15:1 implied odds.

See also

Bottom Pair
A pair using one of your hole cards and the lowest board card.
Flush
Five cards of the same suit. Beats a straight.
Full House
Three of a kind plus a pair. Beats a flush.
Kicker
The side card that breaks ties between same-rank hands.