This is funny because this topic came up twice this weekend at Foxwoods for me. This drunk guy playing at my table was chiding his younger brother about losing his stack when he flopped a set of 2s and he called an all-in bet. I kept wanting to tell him that his brother made the right play ... but decided against teaching the fishy fish (drinking and poker).

The other time this came up was when the flop came 2 9 10 and I flopped middle set with my 99. Eventually, I and another player got all our chips in on the flop. He turned up 10 10! I couldn't believe my luck. The turn was no help, so I yelled, "C'mon - QUAD ME UP!" The dealer flipped over the river card and just gawked at the 9 of spades. Hitting 1-outters makes you forget about previous bad beats.

Of course, I could be wrong about bottom sets. Doyle Brunson cautions against overvaluing a bottom set in Super System. He suggests playing middle set very strongly, but I believe he says not to put it all in the middle with "only" bottom set.

But I'd call this all day.