Difference between "Aces Up" and "Two Pair"?

sam1chips · Nov 3, 2013

Can somebody help me out with this, what is the difference between having "aces up or queens up" vs "two pair"?

psychotie · Nov 3, 2013

It depends. Poker player terminology is different from the official hand rankings. Players make a distinction between 'a set' and 'trips'. The official name for it however is 'three of a kind'.

Same with two pair, the players' term is 'aces up' and the game term is 'two pair'. You can act any way you want, just as you can use either the player vocabulary or the game hand rankings. Nobody can force you to take their name convention, what's next someone correcting you when you say 'a three' instead of 'a trey' that those ESPN wsop seem to like ? Or people berating you when you announce a straight and say 'no, you have a wheel/broadway you ****'
gl on the felts

dd_decker · Nov 3, 2013

"Aces Up" or "Queens Up" means you have two pair but it is more specific in that it tells you the higher pair. For example, if you have Aces and Sevens, it is two pair and it is more specifically "Aces Up". The bottom pair is not specified, so Aces and Threes, for example, is also "Aces Up". So Wild Bill Hickock got shot holding "Aces Up".

Carl Trooper · Nov 4, 2013

dd_decker said:
"Aces Up" or "Queens Up" means you have two pair but it is more specific in that it tells you the higher pair. For example, if you have Aces and Sevens, it is two pair and it is more specifically "Aces Up". The bottom pair is not specified, so Aces and Threes, for example, is also "Aces Up". So Wild Bill Hickock got shot holding "Aces Up".

You did not give a board structure here so it isn't as clear for people who may not know what you mean.

cpgd176 · Nov 4, 2013

Difference is when saying you have Aces up it means one of your two whole cards is an Ace and has paired with the other one on board. On a board of AJ479 rainbow, a player can say (s)he has "aces up" if (s)he has one of the following hands: AT, A4, A7, or A9.

The other combinations would ( J4, J7, J9, 47, 49, 79 ) would all be considered "two pair".

Hope this helps.

aero87 · Nov 4, 2013

psychotie said:
It depends. Poker player terminology is different from the official hand rankings. Players make a distinction between 'a set' and 'trips'. The official name for it however is 'three of a kind'.

Same with two pair, the players' term is 'aces up' and the game term is 'two pair'. You can act any way you want, just as you can use either the player vocabulary or the game hand rankings. Nobody can force you to take their name convention, what's next someone correcting you when you say 'a three' instead of 'a trey' that those ESPN WSOP seem to like ? Or people berating you when you announce a straight and say 'no, you have a wheel/broadway you ****'
gl on the felts

Terms like broadway (Ten to Ace) and Wheel (Ace to Five) are still straights just more specific. Trips and set is still 3 of a kind, just specific of how you have the three of a kind (2 in the hole or 1).

Now if we can just get someone to clarify full house and full boat.....

Arjonius · Nov 5, 2013

cpgd176 said:
Difference is when saying you have Aces up it means one of your two whole cards is an Ace and has paired with the other one on board. On a board of AJ479 rainbow, a player can say (s)he has "aces up" if (s)he has one of the following hands: AT, A4, A7, or A9.

The other combinations would ( J4, J7, J9, 47, 49, 79 ) would all be considered "two pair".

Hope this helps.

Aces up is two pair where one of the pairs is aces. It does not matter where any of the cards are located.

OzExorcist · Nov 5, 2013

Arjonius said:
Aces up is two pair where one of the pairs is aces. It does not matter where any of the cards are located.

^ this. Exactly this.

So "aces up" is "two pair", it's just a shorthand way of saying "I have two pairs, and the highest pair is aces".

dmorris68 · Nov 5, 2013

Also, two pair is two pair whether you call them aces up or not. However with three of a kind the distinction between a set and trips is important. A set is a stronger hand and plays completely differently than trips.

One of my pet peeves is when players analyzing or reporting on a hand say trips instead of set or vice-versa, because it drastically changes the dynamic of the hand.

tony4680 · Nov 6, 2013

(Anything) up = 2 pair where "Anything" is the higher of the pairs

Top two- top two pairs in relation to the board

(Anything) full = full house where "Anything" are the cards you have 3 of

Just kind of a shorthand for announcing your hand. Those extra syllables can be exhausting :smile:

Beanfacekilla · Nov 6, 2013

dmorris68 said:
Also, two pair is two pair whether you call them aces up or not. However with three of a kind the distinction between a set and trips is important. A set is a stronger hand and plays completely differently than trips.

One of my pet peeves is when players analyzing or reporting on a hand say trips instead of set or vice-versa, because it drastically changes the dynamic of the hand.

Spot on.

Blue_Fossil · Nov 6, 2013

The difference is when I have two pair - say Kings and Queens - the other guy has Aces up.

dd_decker · Nov 7, 2013

Blue_Fossil said:
The difference is when I have two pair - say Kings and Queens - the other guy has Aces up.

Now that's funny! And so true.....

jcdagenius · Nov 14, 2013

its same thing basically....two pair with ace

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