Set Up ( poker )

1) Make a bet or action that causes another player to think you always act that way, so that you can take advantage of the misconception later; set a trap for someone. For example, if in draw poker, you raise and draw one card to three of a kind several times, you may be trying to set someone up to think that every time you raise and draw one you have trips (particularly if you rarely raise on two pair). If later you raise and draw two when you really have three of a kind (if things work out the way you want, preferably aces), the player you have been setting up may think you can't possibly have trips, and will call a large bet after the draw with two pair or possibly even one high pair. (Of course, if things don't work out the way they're supposed to, he'll make a hand that beats your three aces. That's a chance a good player just has to take.) 2) Prepare a victim for being cheated. 3) Having check cashing privileges (or sometimes just credit) in a particular establishment. "Are you set up in the cage?"