Poker Hand Ranking

is it possible to open with an open ended flush 6 7 8 9 of hearts in draw poker

Hey guys, I have a simple question. If at the end of the hand I have K 9 and another dude has K 8 who would win if the community cards held a queen or does that even matter?

Felipe 1) that should have been a 'split pot'
2) split pot also

giovanni,
'split pot' since u both have straight with 10 as top card.

Felipe - i do not agree with Erik Winkler's reply ...(1) he assumes that on a board showing (for instance) 4 hearts with Ace as the highest ... that we split the pot if you have a 2 hearts and i have the King of hearts .... i clearly win.
The correct answer to your query is the next highest heart in a players hand is the winner - unless the board holds the next highest and then it is a split pot.

(2) Assuming the board has the next highest card outside of the two pair then it is a split pot. If one of the players has a higher "kicker" than the other player - or the board then he/she wins.

regards

Shannon

Hello, everybody
I'm a beginner and I have a little question:

my friends and I where playing a texas hold'em last week, and we had a fight about a hand.
I had a five full of two's
My friend had a Two full of sixes

My friend argued that his hand was better than mine since his highest card was a 6 whereas mine was a 5. But I think I win because I have three 5's whereas he have three 2's

Hello guys, I have the following question.
If you hit a flash, but the A is on the table, and two players hit the flash, how do you determine who wins? Do you split the pot?
Thank you!

Vader and Pete-

Pete it is possible because they were playing hold'em.

for example the board could read

5226Q

vador could hold 55 (fives full of two's)

and his friend could hold 26 (two's full of sixes)

So it is very much possible that those hands are legit

which wins.
jack jack jack ace ace
or
king king king jack jack

this is a holdem game with two jacks and one king on the board.
i hold an ace and jack. he holds 2 kings.

If I had AA333 and another guy had 99933 which full house wins.

Nate: Look at all five cards in flush. If the highest card ties, it's the 2nd card that determine winner. If the 2nd card ties, it's the 3rd card etc

Cav: 99933 > AA333

Hogan: if board is q 8 10 k 10, then 9 9 > A 8 (pick 5 best cards each player has. If highest pair ties, then 2nd pair determines winner.)

Mark: kkkjj > jjjAA

shintle and jonzee: if board is KS JS 10S 9S 5S, then QS > 7S (You guys playing in same game???)

Guido: Look at all five cards in flush. If the highest card ties, it's the 2nd card that determine winner. If the 2nd card ties, it's the 3rd card etc

ok How strong is this hand or is it not at all.

A 10 J Q K - Mixed suit

I thought that this hand should be a very good hand to have but my friend said that it would be beaten by a full house. Is that right?

Hogan, if the first pair ties, then it goes to the second pair. it only goes to the kicker if the second pair also ties. if the first pair second pair AND kicker all tie, you split.

If player 1 hole cards are 8,2, and player 2 hole cards are K,4, and the board is 2,K,4,2,2; would player 1 win with his four of a kind or would player 2?

If we have the order like this: King(heart) A (heart) 2 ( in german Karo which looks like red quadratic form) 3 (heart) and 4 (heart). Is this a valid straight? Thank you

Edick Morad Jun 9, 2008

Question:
Hand One: A, 3
Hand Two: A. Q
Community: A. 4, 4, 7, K

Both players have the best 5 card hand of:
A, A, 4, 4, k

It's a chop pot. If that K was a J, AQ would win.

astrit Jun 7, 2008

Kh-Ah-2h-3h-4h

This is not a straight, as straights can not wrap in hold'em. But it is a flush.

What if there was a flush on the table, and it was between two players? One player has a pair of three's and the other one has a high queen. If the Flush is universal for both players, doesn't it come down to who has the best hand besides the common flush? Or does both players use the flush and split pot?

My email is Priestofdota@gmail.com - Please send me a reply. It'll contribute to my overall knowledge of Hold'em, Thanks.

Doan, I emailed this to you as well:

If the flush on the table is made up of hearts, and both players have no hearts in their hand, the pot is split. Poker always used the best 5 card hand.

If either player has a heart in their hand that is higher than any of the hearts on the board, they have a better flush and will take the pot.

Scott:

hand 1 - 8-5
hand 2 - k-9
Board - 35663

The winner is hand 1. Here is why:

Hand 1's best 5 card hand is:
66 55 8 (two pair, 6's and 5's, Eight Kicker)

Hand 2's best 5 card hand is:
66 33 K (two pair 6's and 3's, King kicker)

If the board was 66553

and the hands where

AK vs. 83, AK would now win, since both players have two pair 66 and 55, but AK has a higher kicker.

Hi There, I am kind of new to poker, and opviously uninformed of holdem' poker, so we just play normal 5 card poker. A friend of mine told me that the best possible hand is Aces High (4 Aces) is that true, or does the 4 Aces only count as an 4 of a kind?

HI,

Please help, Do you take the best five cards for each player even if they are all on the table?

Player 1: J,9
Player 2: Q,10

Table: A,K,3,6,7

Is this a split pot? Or does player 2 win with the Q high? Although they share the A high on the table???

in reference to larry's question the hand 9-7 wins because the one with 9-A is just a three of a kind with an ace kicker but the 9-7 is actually a boat (full house)... therefore the 9-7 has a better hand

kristen.... Q high does it...you count 5 highest cards on the table... watch world poker tour

Actually Will you were right the first time. He had the boat with 7's over 9's 777-99. That beats the three of a kind with the Ace kicker

pantsula, Player 2 wins, Pair of 6's

this is a really cool site

Question- who wins the pot-

player 1 has 10,9
player 2 has A,2

flop k k 10 7 7

Does the Ace (player 2)win cause there are 2 pairs on the table???

Mike - The way you're counting the hands is how you do it in Omaha, in Hold'em you are allowed to use only one card out of your own two, thus they both have a full house.In Omaha you have to use two cards out of your four.

pantsula - I don't understand where there is confusion here, 6-3 has a pair of 6's, wile K-8 has nothing but a King high (no pair). 6-3 wins every time. (Also you wrote "Flop is - 2 6 5 7 J", technically the flop is just 2-6-5, turn is 7 river is J, all together it's "the board".)

Todd - If the players don't mention suits, it's always taken as the suits do not matter. A flush is the one hand that even new poker players rarely miss. It's easy to spot. So if no suits are given, you assume it's rainbow.

sunny - You're thinking about a "counterfeit" situation, but this is not one of them. Count from the top down, player one has K-K-10-10-9 player two has K-K-7-7-A, a 10 is higher than a 7, so player one wins.

You're thinking of a situation like this:

Player 1: 4-4
Player 2: A-9
Board: K-K-Q-6-Q

Now both players are playing two pair, KK and QQ, but player two has an ace kicker, while Player one plays the board. The last queen falling counterfeit his pair leaving his hand worthless.

"Mike - The way you're counting the hands is how you do it in Omaha, in Hold'em you are allowed to use only one card out of your own two, thus they both have a full house.In Omaha you have to use two cards out of your four."

Actually, Sean in Holdem you are allowed to use one, both, or neither of your hold cards. Both players have a full house 9-9-9-7-7.

bobby :

Play 1: ME: 10d, Jh DEALER: 6s, 7s
board: 4h,4s,5s,4d,8s

The dealer wins with a straight - 4-5-6-7-8

Play 2: ME: 4d, 3d Dealer: 4c,5c
board: Jc,6c,5h,2s,Qc

Here you have a straight, but you lose to the dealers's flush (4c-5c-Jc-6c-Qc)

Playing against a dealer? Sounds like a "Texas Hold'em Scratch And Win"? Or as I like to call them "Bad Beat Poker". I've never lost with the big full or quads more often.

kalijha: Depends what falls on the river

two players have the same hand

player one 3 7
player two 3 8
flop 3 A K 2 10


both players have a pair of 3s but does the high card on the board split the pot or does it go to the kicker?

I have question: I have 7-7 and the other player has A-5 and the community card has A-2-5-10-9 who is the winner

Okay here is my scenario....
*note - there is no flush in this hand for either players*

Player 1 A-9
Player 2 A-7

Table K-6-8-8-4

Player 1 (best 5) 8-8-9-K-A
Player 2 (best 5) 8-8-7-K-A

Here is the question, they both have a pair of 8's with an Ace kicker. The only differance between the hands is the 9 and 7. So do they push for the pair of 8's and the Ace kicker OR does the 9 and 7 decide the winner even though they are both lower than the Ace kicker? (need help fast, a fight almost broke out over this one) Thanks!

Ant:

Player 1 A-9
Player 2 A-7

Table K-6-8-8-4

Player 1 (best 5) 8-8-9-K-A
Player 2 (best 5) 8-8-7-K-A

The kicker plays. Because the 9 beats the board, meaning it's higher than the 6 and the 4 it is used in the hand (just like you listed in your best 5's). It plays, and player 1 is the winner of the whole pot.

The rules of Holdem state that its the best 5 card hand. you must play five cards. in the event of a tie it goes the the kickers. not the highest single kicker but all playable kickers.i.e the best 5 cards.

In the scrnario with the A9 vs the A7 and the 88 on the board the hand is decided by the 5th card.

Both players have 8-8-A-K-x

but Player one has 8-8-A-K-9
and player 2 has a best hand of 8-8-A-K-7

so player one wins.

if the board had another card higher than 9. i.e 8-8-K-J-7

then it woudl be a tie with both players having the best possible five card hand with 8-8-A-K-J


The same issue come up with flushes when both players have a flush with the Ace on the board. Both have an Ace high flush but the second highest card of the suit plays to make the winning hand.

sorry another request
have to know why player 1 wins

dealers hand
js 2h jc 3d 4s


player 1
6h ks

player 2
10 c qc

because i was player 2

most of these questionsthe awnser is that payer 1/2 has a higher kicker gee
so if the board is
8s Jh Kd Qd Qs
player1 Qh 7h
player2 qc 9h

player 2 won because ithad a higher kicker(number/letter card)
A can be counted as one or 14 witch is abuv the king

felipe, its not correct
if two ppl have the same card win ( 2pair 1pair flush ect.) then whoever has the highest second card wins

Hi, i am dumbfounded by this:

P1: 8,8

P2: 9,9

P3: K,Q

Community Cards: A,A,A,5,Q

Is it a split pot amongst the 3 players??

blindsided: three 5's and a pair of two's will win. Three 2's are lower than three 5's.

Over: P3: K,Q will win. Three A's and 2 queens are higher than P1 and P2.

Over:
P1: 8,8
P2: 9,9
P3: K,Q
Community Cards: A,A,A,5,Q

All three players have a full house, Aces over, but they all have different valued pairs. Aces over eights, Aces over nines, and Aces over Queens.

Player three wins the whole pot.

ive came out of the poker world series and i lost $1,000,000,000 guted

in this scenario who wins?

player 1: K 9
player 2: K 8
player 3: K 4

Table: K A A Q 4

who wins?

In this hand, who wins?

P1- 6, 6
P2- A, 6

Flop- K, 7, 5, K, 7

April:
P1- 6, 6
P2- A, 6
Flop- K, 7, 5, K, 7

Player one got counterfeit. Player two wins the pot with two pairs Kings and Sevens with an Ace kicker.

Lizzy: Yes and no. Suits have no bearing in most aspects of poker. A pot is never decided by suit. That means when playing stud, if two players have the exact same flush A-9-6-5-2 they chop the pot.

Suits are only taken into account for things such as:
Drawing for seats/dealer button
The Bring in stud (two players with the same low card will go to their suits to descide who brings)

That's actually all the examples I can think of. In these scenario's the suits are in Alphabetical order: (from worst to best)
Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts, Spades

This is known as the "bridge" suit ranking, since it was taken from Bridge. Games such as Big-Two use the Chinese suit ordering:
Diamonds, Clubs, Hearts, Spades

I wrote a bunch of odd rules and what-nots in an article here with this very information. Check it out if you want to learn a bunch of rarely useful knowledge.

krystal:

Aces are higher valued than any other single card (the suits rarely matter, other than a flushnever for determining a winning hand).

You have two pair with AA228
You lose to a straight 56789

Rule of thumb for scratch and wins: Just assume you've lost, you'll probably be correct.

Absolutely correct Hobbo. Thanks for that.

fo fho dodo that was off the hildo dingo i was ridin up n the hood with my gee dogs thinkin to my self that was off the hizzy fizzy

Roger: This gets confused often because of how online sites list the winning hand. When you win it would say "Wins with flush Ace high". In the real world you'd never say that. In your example, the first player would call his hand as:
"I have a flush, Jack high"

while the second player would say that he has a flush "Seven high".

Because you have to make the best 5 card hand, the winner is the one with the highest flush cards in their hand. If you're using all 5 on board, and so is your opponent, it's a split. If either of you has a flush card higher than anything on board, you win the pot.

Brad, any game using a wildcard is going to be using a custom rule set, so really it's up to whomever's game it is. But typically a 5 of a kind beats a straight flush, as it's statistically harder to achieve. In fact, a five of a kind beats all straight flushes including a Royal flush.

Unless I'm mistaken, stats wise 5 of a kind is just as unlikely as a Royal Flush as you have to use 5 specific cards to make the hand, while if you have a 4 card straight flush, you have two cards that can come to complete it (assuming it doesn't dead-end on the bottom), making it slightly (and I mean slightly) more likely than a royal or five of a kind.

kase: both players got 99977 full house, split.

Vic, if both players have the SAME straight, such as 5-6-7-8-9, and the straight is the best hand, they split the pot.

steve: if the board is KKKKA then the absolute best possible hand is four of a kind kings, with an ace kicker. Meaning all players split the pot.

If the board is KKKK2 whomever has the highest card will win with four of a kind kings (x) kicker.

If both player have an ace intheir hand, again, it's a chopped pot.

ok so here is the situation:

Dealer: 2 3 7 J J

P1: J 5(club)
P2: J 5(spade)

do we split the pot or does the pot go to player to because spade beats club??

we are playing texas hold 'em

witch one win hand 1:A,9
2:8,5

6,4,7,8,10

@ utkal:
P2 wins
he has the higgest straight

when does a 4 of a kind beat a royal flush? If ever or a straight flush?

Hey, I have a quick question that is a little confusing.
In Texas Hold'em if three people are playing. All three people go all in on a hand. If the person with the least amount of chips wins the hand. I understand that the winner gets only what they put in from the other two. Then what happens to the rest of the pot? Do the other two split it, or does it go to the second best hand?

hy i have qostion in poker game AAA210 winer or 345QA is a winer which one thank u

JOE: the hand with three aces wins, as the other hand has nothing.

Ange: I'm sensing a common theme among 90% of these questions. The answer is that you have to make a 5 card hand. Make the best hand you can using 5 cards for each player, and see who has the highest hand (you use all 5 of the cards to evaluate).

If you're still stuck:

Player one - QQJ64
Player two- QQJ86

you should be able to see a clear winner from that. (The answer is player two ;) )

On The Board
-36A88-
Player 1 - A 5
Player 2 - A K

Who wins and does high card matter with 2 pair.

Who wins the following hands:

dealer: 2 5 5 5 3

P1: 2 2

P2: 6 2

dealer: 2 5 5 5 Q

P1: 2 2

P2: 6 2

Tom, Ken answered your Q quite nicely, so I'll just let you read what he said.

Sanold:

In the first hand, it's a split pot, Player one had a full house 22255 on the flop, but got counterfeit on the turn when the third five came, now both player have the same full house 55522

The second hand is exactly the same thing, no change what-so-ever.

If the river was a 6, then player two would win the pot, but other than a six coming, the only card that will give player 2 the win would be the final 5. After the turn, player one can not win the hand, only split (this is because the final two is in his opponents hand)

Wade, You're mistaken, hand two wins the pot. You need to use all five cards of a flush to decide the flush. Hand two has a flush AdKd... while hand one only has a flush AdQd...

Jimmy, in any game that has a wild card, and allows for 5 of a kind hands, 5 of a kind is the absolute nuts, beating a royal flush.

this may change due to house rules, but that's kind of the "standard"

alec Rubin: Your question doesn't really make any sense. When you say "three pair" I'm assuming you mean three of a kind, and "two pair" you mean a pair. Those combined would be a fullhouse.

Board 7jj99
You: 77
Opp: 97

You: 777jj
Opp: 99977

You count the three of a kind half of a full house first, your opponent has three nines, higher than your three sevens, thus your opponent wins.

Ant: It's a tie because you can only play 5 cards. You're both, in fact, playing the board, meaning you'll even tie with a player holding 4-5. The only way a player can beat the board here is by holding an ace, for a slightly higher straight (or a flush, if the board permits)

Hey serge, I'm not really sure what you're asking? I think you're asking this:

Board: 2-6-A-K-7
Hand 1: 2-6
Hand 2: 2-6

Who wins?

If so, it's a split pot, both players are the winner.

If you're asking something else, try writing it in the same style as I just did here.

Kambal, this article should answer your questions:

http://www.pokerlistings.com/strategy/beginner/how-to-determine-the-winning-hand

wow you guys.. some of the hand advice is sooo wrong! Beginners Beware! DO NOT LISTEN to some of these chumps telling you waht hands are better and when there is a split pot or who wins the pot period. If you are playing Hold 'Em then look at a Hold 'Em rules site to get your answers and do not trust the yahoo's on here..lol
i feel sorry for the guys who have lost money listening to the advise found from some online poker guru comment poster.
The only advice or rulings you should go by are the ones posted on official sites (such as this one) and not the commenter.
The rules are simple... The are posted up here for a reason and that is to settle disputes. Go by the ones posted here by the webmaster or find one that has Texas Hold 'Em rules. Easy enough to find, you found this didn't you?

Hey Ace, firstly I wanted to say that 99% of all comments I've seen answering questions on this site have been 100% accurate (and that doesn't include all the ones I answer).

Since I'm the one who's in charge of writing all the poker rules articles for the site, I figure my comments are every much as useful as the articles.

Anyways, you're wrong in your answer to Sanold. In fact I gave him the correct answer 1 or two comments below his post.

Both pots are a split pot. The way you are counting the hands is only correct if the player is playing Omaha, since he has only two cards, I have to assume he's playing hold'em. In hold'em you can use just one card (or none) from you hand, meaning both players in both questions have the same hand:
55522

all split pots.

don't sweat the multiple posts, it's not hard for me to fix them.

I'm curious as to what you disagree on? the validity of comments, or the split pot scenario?

If it's the comments, then I'm not too worried. I think people know to be weary of random advice from anonymous posters. I do hope they trust my advice at least somewhat though, as I like to think I know what I'm doing most of the time.

Can this be a straight

J-Q-K-A-2

Damion Mitchell, the answer is no. You cannot "wrap" straights in any standard game of poker. Think of straights as being a straight line.

The lowest straight is A-2-3-4-5 and the highest straight is 10-j-q-k-a

everything else is in between.

Hey Sagarika.

Firstly, in all forms of "standard poker" meaning, Hold'em, Omaha, Stud, Razz, Draw, Lowball... any of those, suits do not matter for a winning hand.

This means that a straight flush 5-6-7-8-9 of hearts ties with a straight flush 5-6-7-8-9 of spades.

IN these poker games, suits never matter in the showdown

Just so you know, the poker suit ranking order is alphabetical from worst to best:
Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts, Spades.

(It's used for the Bring in Stud)

I'm sorry Sean, I really have no idea what you're asking?

Are you saying:

your hand: 5x
your bro: 69
The board: 678910

If that is the case, then it's a split pot, as you both have the best straight. If that's not what you're asking, please format your Q the same way I just did.

could youtell me what is the best hand
AA 333 or 666 22 thx

Dealer 4 4 10 10 7

pl 1 22
pl 2 A Q who wins ??

Aleksandar:
You have to use the best five card hand for each player. Player one in your example is playing the board since the BEST hand they can make is two pair 10-10-4-4 with a 7 kicker.

Player two has a better kicker: 10-10-4-4-A so they win. For player one, this is known as getting counterfeit.

LouLou:
What happened was correct. Only the best 5 card hand you can make will count. If there is a straight on the board 5-6-7-8-9, even if you hold AA you still split the pot with 23.

You didn't get screwed by the players, just by the board.

Hey Noodle, the problem is that you have to use exactly two cards from your hand, and three from the board.

because there are only two clubs on the board there, with two clubs from your hand you would need one more club on the board to make a flush.

The best hand you can make is two pairs, which loses to a straight.

Hey,
I really enjoy playing poker, and im decent. But I have some missing knowledge spots, so my question is are there any books that explain how the 7 cards are split up in hold em( as in which 5 make up the final hand ). Or any sites? Just with info regarding hold'em basics, cos once I start playing I win quite a lot, but I dont understand everything. E.G ( Had some experiences, where I figured I had a bad hand, put in little chips, ended up winning it but with a small amount of chips )

Hey Alex, the winning hand in holdem is made from the best 5 card hand using any combination of the seven cards available to you.

Here's an article I wrote that might help you out:
How to determine the winning hand

Who wins
Player 1: 5, 9
Player 2: 10, 2

Community: 2, 3, 4, 2, 5
Who wins?

Hi everyone,
who can explain me this?

table cards J J J J 3
my cards A2
other guy cards KK

who wins?

i think its me..am i right?
because J J J J A > J J J J K

Herbert, Technically if you muck your hand, meaning you fold it face down across the line, it's gone. A mucked hand "technically" can't be recovered and played.

This rule is not hard-fast, as most pit bosses will allow some mucked hands to be recovered depending on the circumstances of the mucking.

In shot, no you can't take your hand back, but it does happen a lot anyways.

u cant have to four of a kind hands

Shep, I'm not sure what you're saying. It is possible for two players to have four of a kind in Hold'em.

In other poker variations, such as stud, it's technically possible for all players to have four of a kind.

This website helps a lot I had a good hand today when I was playing poker with my friends and I folded and now they say that if I didn't learn the hands I couldn't play again, so I came here.

You win. You have to make the BEST 5 card hand.

You have AA44J
your friend has AA449

His third pair can't play, so he plays the same two pair as you. You have a higher kicker, so you win the pot.

poss senario's:

1) bord: A9JA3
you: KK (2pair AAKKJ)
p2: AA (for of a kind AAAAJ)
you lose

2) bord A9JA3
you: KK (2pair AAKKJ)
p2: A with (9,J,3) (full house AAA/99,JJ,33)
you lose

2) bord A9JA3
you: KK (2pair AAKKJ)
p2: JJ (full house JJJAA)
you lose

3) bord A9JA3
you: KK (2pair AAKKJ)
p2: 99 (full house 999AA)
you lose

4) bord A9JA3
you: KK (2pair AAKKJ)
p2: 33 (full house 333AA)
you lose

5) bord A9JA3
you: KK (2pair AAKKJ)
p2: Ax (three of a kind AAAkicker)
you lose

6) bord A9JA3
you: KK (2pair AAKKJ)
p2: (flush)
you lose

7) All outher senario's YOU WIN
(2pair AAKKJ)

Ben,

You say

Board: A-9-J-A-3
You: KK

"I LOST TO A PAIR OF ACES AND A PAIR OF JACKS?"

The only explanation is that you're mistaken. your KK beats any hand with a J, other than JJ or AJ. Chances are they had AJ and won with "Full House, Aces and Jacks". And you only saw the "Aces and Jacks" part of it.

99.9999% of the time the answer is that the player is simply mistaken, if you actually did win, you need the hand history to prove it.

if i have a full house of
ten ten ten 99
and other guy has
999 - QQ

which wins?

thanks

Sean, i think had rote this example in situation nr 5 (Ax). But you are right, my "7 hands" had to be something like 7 types of hands

Damir,

If the best five card hand is on the board, everyone with cards split the pot.

i thought a full house beat a strait flush. Who knew?

I have always believed that a pocket pair should hold over a a hand with 2 rag cards ie A7 or K4 however in a recent game i was dealt pocket 8"s the flop came and it showed 866 another 6 came on the turn and the river resulting in 86666 i then lost the hand to an A7 even though all he was holding was A high nothing against a pair/full house which under your winning hands above shows the A7 is the low hand, is this a gliche in the game as it leaves the door open for a table royal flush to be beaten by a much lower hand, at very least i feel the pot should have been split on the basis no one was holding a higher hand than the quad 6's.
this is not the first time i have witnessed the unfairness of a system that awards the worst starting hand the prize, if we follow your chart my 88 beats his A7 except in the above scenario

Who wins?

Board: J 9 2 5 7

Player1: 10, 9
Player2: 3, 9

Hi Sean,

So if it was,

Player 1: 7,9
Player 2: 3,9

Board: J 9 2 5 7

is this a split or does Player 1win? Is the 7 count as a kicker, or is it too low which results in a split...

Please settle this argument. Game=Omaha-Low 8

Player 1: 5 2
Player:2: 4 3

Board: J Q 8 7 A

Who wins?
Thank you. :-)

Here is a situation for you guys this actually happened to me playing a regular poker hand i played an A-K-Q-Q-9 of clubs another player laid down a A-10-7-7-5 of spaids and the guy running this game said the spaid flush wins because it was a higher suit.
I promtly left the game. i have never heard of one suit being higher than the other.
Have you?

Make a poker face (put on glasses, close one eye, raise on eyebrow, wear a fake mustache, and say in detectiv-ey italian accent, "I'm bluffing!"

why is there 5 cards in every rank? isnt it suppose to be only 2 cards?

will "J-Q-K-A-2" be a straight?

Hey Rakib,

You can't "wrap around" a straight. This means that aces are either high, or low, they can't be both.

The lowest straight: A-2-3-4-5
The Highest straight: 10-J-Q-K-A

Every other straight will be in between.

what hand wins two pairs 10s with 6s and ace kicker or 10s and 8s with 4 kicker

Who Wins? Texas Hold'm Poker

Player A: 10 & 5
Player B: 2 & 2

On Board:

10-10-10-7-8

Whether Player A with Four of a Kind will win

or

Whether Player B with Full House will win

can we play poker with joker card? is it possible?

in the flop:

A A JOKER 10 Q

player 1 has JOKER.

player 2 has Ace

then.. who won the game?

Master of Poker:

You can play poker with a joker, but it's rare, as it's seen as a novelty game. Wild cards are oldschool, or for children to most "purest" poker players.

But when you're with friends, and drinking, it can be a lot of fun.

In your scenario, both players would have the same hand (PS, there's usually only one joker in the game)

Each player would make the joker an ace, and have 4 of a kind, aces.

Very helpful... thanx a lot.. It helped me earn a lot!!!

Vitaly,

In that scenario the player with the 9 would win. In a two pair versus two pair scenario, you look at the value of the top pair first. If it's the same, then you move on to the second pair. If that's the same you move on to the kicker.

In this scenario, 9 > 5.

Toots, you win.

straights are linear:

Lowest Highest
1-2-3-4-5 --------------------- 10-J-Q-K-A

Everything else lands in between. Your friend had the lowest possible straight, your straight was higher.

hey i was watching a game earlier today. the pot was split between 2 players, there hands were J8 J6
the flop was J 9 9 2 Q
i was under the impression that person with J8 wouldve won the entire pot becuase of their high 8, or kicker whatever it's called. am i wrong?

Steve, It's a split pot.

You always have to make the best 5-card hand. If all five cards are the same as your opponents, it's a split pot, regardless of what else you have in your hand.

Jan,

You have a high full house, your opponent has four of a kind. Four of a kind will always beat a full house.

Hazel,

You lose this pot with a lower two pair.

You: QQ667
Her: QQ776

Since the second pair of sixes is lower than the sevens, you lose.

Sandra,

Firstly it looks like your Caps Lock key is broken. You should look into that.

Secondly, I'm not sure why you were ever playing Hold'em with wild cards... seems odd to me, but hey if it's fun why not?

Thirdly, kickers can, and will, come from the board. In a wildcard game, it's no better to have a "true" four of a kind, than a four of a kind made up from wild cards. You all split the pot.

Cedie,

straights are linear:

Lowest To Highest
1-2-3-4-5 --------------------- 10-J-Q-K-A

Everything else lands in between.

Since "6" is higher than "5", the 2-3-4-5-6 straight wins.

hi, i want to know if this is right i had a pair 2 2 and the other had A 8 the flop was 2 A 4 4 6 I lost the hand as i had three 2's and two 4's and he had two A's and two 4's and a 6 who is at fault here. ?'

sorry, i meant one player also had a card in their hand that was the same suit as the flush in the community cards.

Luke,

In your scenario you win. you have a fullhouse:
22244

while your opponent just has two pair:
AA448

The only way your opponent should have won, is if you read the board wrong, and you didn't have a full house.

Unless you have wild cards, which these examples don't, you can't have two players with the same equal four of a kind-so forget the kicker as a dertimination of the winner.

i have a question,the other day i was playing 5 card stud with my friend and we both had 2,3,4,5,6 except i had clubs and he had hearts, we split the pot, but would someone win? or was it right to split the pot.

Christian,

You should split the pot. You never take suits into account for determining the winning hand in stud.

Question Hold 'em Pros, who would win this game?

Player 1: A,A
Player 2: 6,9
Player 3: 3,5
Player 4: A,4
Community: 5,J,7,3,6

i fyou have 9-8-7-6-5 can you take the 7 out of the straight and have a striaght and a 7 pair for one player

I would like to see a "Poker Hand Ranking by Percentage Won" chart.

"Poker Hand Ranking by Percentage Won"

You could start with a 9 player holdem table. I respect pokerlistings.com and would like thier take on how often a hand wins. Out of 1 million deals AA win 31.38% of the time and 22 win 12.14%. I would like to see pokerlistings.com view of the % of probable wins of the169 hand rankings.
Others might enjoy this too.

Is there such thing as a small straight and a large straight.

Small straight being ace 1 2 3
Large straight being ace 1 2 3 4

Waka waka renzo

Jonjo,

make the best 5-card hand for each player:

Player 1: JJJQQ
Player 2: 555JJ

Player 1 winds, since his full house is bigger.

Good call vasile, my bad.

Either way, player 1 wins.

Hey Joey,

You can use any combination of 5 cards you want in Hold'em.

You: 4433A
Your m8: 99447

Since 9's up is better than 4's up, you lose.

better luck next time.

Hey RK,

If you're playing a High-Low split game the odd chip always goes to the high hand.

If you're playing a regular game you give the odd chip to the player with the worst position, closest to the left of the button.

is the ace of spades the highest card of the ace suit

John,

Aces are the highest cards and spades are the highest suit.

Suit order for poker:

Clubs
Diamonds
Hearts
Spades

if playing wild card poker (blind baseball) i told my friends at the table that my buddy thought he beat my 5 8s with 6 4s...as far as i knew five of a kind was the highest hand you could have?....was i wrong? ... he got the 20$ pot with his 6 4s...am i wrong???

Billy Bob,

If you're playing with wild cards you can have four, five, six, seven... even eight of a kind.

Six of a kind will always beat five of a kind.

But really, there are no standard rules for wildcard games, you can make up anything you want.

Joseph,

In Hold'em suits are only ever used for deciding the dealer at the start of the game, or when chip racing while chipping up in a tournament.

The only standard form of poker which uses suits during actual play is Stud. After dealing all window cards, if two players have the same lowest card, the suit decides who needs to bring.

Same for the action starting on any other round. If two players both show AK, the best show cards on the table at that time, the player with the highest suited ace will start the action.

Suits never matter for evaluating the winning hand. (unless you're playing some oddball poker variant which I've never heard of)

hi
argued over this..

u use any 5 cards being in the board or/and in hand for the ranking?

p1: 4,4
p2:5,2
board: 7,Q,5,8,K

who gets the hand? situation a bit like jack30.
explain plz!

thanks in adv.

keke89,

I'm not sure what the argument was over? You're correct, you can use any combination of the cards to make the best 5 card hand possible.

Player 1: 44KQ8
Player 2: 55KQ8

Since a pair of 5's are higher than a pair of 4's, Player 2 wins.

Kevin...

In that situation...P2 wins because P2 has a pair of 5's which is higher than a pair of 4's with a Q kicker.

That cancels out the A kicker.

Now if they both had a pair of 4s the A would determine the winner.

Make sense? :)

Good luck to you.

Joseph,

You're correct. There's no more value in having a pair in your hand than having the pair on the board.

In Hold'em you MUST make the BEST 5 card hand, no exceptions.

This means player 2 must play AAKK7, which loses to AAKKQ.

Joseph,

As I said before, you have to make the best 5 card hand.

In your example it's a split pot, since they both have the same straight (2-6). If the highest card of the straight is on board, it will always be a split pot for two players who have the straight.

In a flush, it will come down to who has the highest flush. If the AhKhQh2h is all on the board, the player holding Jh would have the nuts, and would beat any player holding any other heart.

is there a difference between a set and three of a kind or trips, was told that a set is only when you have a pocket pair and a another one hit the board, a friend had one card in his hand and two on the board and tried calling it a set, and i said it was not and it was just three of a kind or trips, can you help? ty

Sorry not sure if it makes a difference...

the other guy had 3-4-6-7-9

which hand is the worst hand???

Thank you Rino

Rino,

Best Hand: 2-3-4-5-Q
Second Best: 3-4-6-7-9
Worst hand:2-4-6-7-9

Hey Kevin,

First, I suggest you read this article:
How to Determine the Winning Hand

After you read it you'll understand why player 1 wins with two pairs: 9977A

-s

You got it Kevin.

-Pce

Summit,

He wins, he has a higher flush. You don't have to use two cards from your hand in Hold'em, you can use 0,1 or 2.

You: Q-8-6-5-4
Him: Q-9-8-6-5

Since Q-9 is higher than Q-8, he wins.

John: "Just for arguments sake: who wins if two people have royal flushes?"

This is not possible. For example: One player has "Ks Js" in his hand, other player has "Kc Jc", the flop comes and it is "Qs As 10s", the turn come it is "Qc 10c", one person has royal flush and the other person only has a straight. Since it require each person to have 5 cards of the same suit. The maximum number of cards that can be dealt is 7 cards to each player (2 in his hand, 5 on the board)

John,

Multiple players can have the same 4 of a kind Hold'em only.

As for two players having a Royal (or any same hand) suits do not matter. It's a chopped pot.

Shiv,

In games other than Hold'em, such as Stud, two players can have a royal.

Ok so i was playing a Texas Hold'em game a few days ago with some buddies. On the board was: J, 10, A, 10, 9. My hand was A, 2. My buddies hand was A, 6. Would he have won because his 6 was higher than my 2? Or would it have been a split pot since there were higher cards on the board?

helped me alot in my games

ok i have 10-2 player 2-has 10-9

flop is 10=8-10-k-q would this be split pot seeing we both have 3 10,s with kq to make our 5 cards?

so i have a question...if your playing a single deck poker game which i assume you are how is it possible that two players can have the same 4 of a kind hand?

Hi all,

1)
P1 - Pair of A's
P2 - Two pairs of 9's

2)
P1 - 3 Pairs of 8's
P2 - Three of a King of 8's

Who wins? :

Hi Sean

Thanks, but I didn't know the answer in case if you have more than 1 Pair vs another single Pair.

So it seems that 1 or 2 or more pairs count as 1.

Cheers!

Marius,

In poker Aces are both high and low. so a pair of AA will always beat a pair of KK.

Leanne,

It's a split pot. You can only use 5 cards to make a poker hand. Both players have 7766K

K,

You win the pot. You take all 5 cards into account when evaluating a flush. Since K-10 is higher than K-8, you're the winner.

Player 1 J A
Player2 A K

On tablee j j 7 7 7

Player 1 wins ? or split pot ?

wazzza,

Player 1 wins this hand. He has Jacks full of sevens (JJJ77) while player 2 only has sevens full of jacks (777JJ)

Buzu,

You are absolutely correct. You have to play the best five card hand possible. For both of you this is a straight, A2345

Hi, I've been playing poker for a little bit but I came accross something I didn't think was right.

Player 1: AA
Player 2: 37

Flop: A72 K 4

I was player 2, and I lost, but I don't know why. There were 7 people left at the table, thus 7 was the "Wild Number". Shouldn't that have made my pair beat the Aces? Thanks.

Please, please help we are about to start killing each other. Flop is Ace,Ace,Jack,Jack,Eight One player has six,six, one player has King, two. Who wins or is it a split? Please we're ready for 911.

In your presentation of the Four of a King, you write :
"Any four cards of the same rank. If two players share the same Four of a Kind, the bigger fifth card (known as the kicker) decides who wins the pot."
How it's possible, only 4 kings (or other same rank) in each game of card.

In OMAHA Player1: A333 Player2: A222 Board: 8A3 6 6 .....Is this a split pot or does Player1 win? I say the A3 wins because you MUST play two hole cards, and 3 from the board...my friend says the 8 kicks the 3, so they split. He says because its a four card hand (two-pair) Please explain? Thanks in advance.

Sorry, that was not a good example. Player1 did not have a "boat" (full house) so his hand was something like A334 and player2 had A224 with the board the same 8A3 6 6 . Both were looking at a two-pair hand. Does P1 win AA366 or does P2 win with AA466. Does the 8 on the board play, making them split?

is it possible to have a pair or two pair and those cards be included as part of a straight or flush?

hi is three kings better than three 3s

James,

The ranking of cards in poker for pairs, three of a kinds and quads goes as follows (from worst to best):

2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,J,Q,K,A

Since Kings are to the right of 3's, three kings will always beat three threes.

I've been beaten by A7 by A9 but the board cards are A95QQ. I thought this sould be split pot?

Please help
4 4 10 10 2 community cards
p1 A7
p2 J2

which is winner?

Kukpa....
p1 would win... their hand would be Two pair (4s & 10s, with an Ace kicker).

p2 would have (4s & 10s, with a J kicker)

Louis....
Not sure what you mean by 'the deck finishes"....

It is customary when playing poker (draw, stud, hold'em, etc) to reshuffle the deck after every hand.

If you're playing 5 card Draw.... assuming everybody takes 3 cards... that's still 6 players (8 cards each... 48 total).... Hold 'em... with 9 players (the custom) at least two staying in to the River... that's only 26 cards.

if some one had say k 3 not suited and some one has a pair of sixes in there hand the on the flop a five comes and then nothing on the turn but on the river another five comes up which hand would be the winning hand

Jose,

Player two wins with a better two pair: QQJJ7.

Player one only has QQ66A

community cards are A,10,10,A,6

p1 has:K,7
p2 has:3,3.

who wins

Something super strange has happened as i was playing on full tilt (on the web): i had a pair of jacks and the other an ace and a four, and on the flop it was another four, and he won the hand with a smaller pair and an ace. how is this possible?

Absoltely...whatever you declare stands. Declare wrong and you lose. Simple. Make sureyou declare right then you'll win otherwise you lose!

What you declare is what counts. You can't claim a higher hand if you declare low. Gotta be careful. I saw half a million $ lost a guy declared pair of aces and missed the pair of 2's in the middle. the other guy had pair of sixes and the two's in the middle. Finished. Aces lost.

Sam,

Despite what the other people have said in reply, the first player in your example (with queens and eights) wins the pot.

The rule here is known as "Cards Speak". It doesn't matter what you say you have, it only matters what your cards show you having. JJ55 had a worse hand, so he loses the pot.

It is against the rules to knowingly mis-declare your hand at showdown, but the game does not punish players for an honest mistake (or outright stupidity). People will be upset with you for the verbal slow roll, but it's not going to cost you the hand.

That is unless you say what you think you have, then muck your hand. If you don't turn over your hand at showdown, you can't win.

In short, Cards Speak, and the cards don't lie. If you show your hand, your hand is rated on the value of your cards, not on what you think or say.

yooblonder,

Yes, as long as you just turn the cards over, you'll win (with the winning hand). You need to show both cards to win, but you don't need to say anything. Words are just words, cards speak for themselves.

K and Q hearts
10 Diamonds
9 & J of Diamonds (off suit)

Does 3 10's off suit beat this hand?

Stunned,

Absolutely not. A straight always beats three of a kind.

Justin,

You are correct, a flush with the ace is better than any other.

Plz Answer

Board:9 4 J J 10

Me:9 4
Him:J 2

Who wins? Thnx

TX Hold Em
board:6663Q
p1:77
p2:Q2
who wins?

Mahesh,

If two players have the same hand, such as a royal flush, the players split the pot.

Suit rankings are never used to determine a winning hand in any standard poker variations.

Bugs,

In stud all 5 cards of your 5-card hand count towards your hand.

If you both have a pair of aces, the winner is the player with the best (highest ranking) three other cards to go along with the pair. These are known as kickers.

Example:
AAJ96 is better than AA1043
AAK32 is better than AAQJ10
AAQJ8 is better than AAQJ6

Stef,

In Hold'em it makes no difference where your cards come from. This means that a straight using all 5 board cards, or a straight using just three board cards are exactly the same (assuming the straights are of the same value).

The only way you will win by using a card from your hand is if your card gives you a higher straight. For example:

You - 45
Him - KQ
Board A-2-3-4-5

You split this pot, you both have a straight ace to five.


You - 56
Him - KQ
Board A-2-3-4-5

Here you win this pot, you have a straight deuce to six, while he only has a straight ace to five.

who wins pot?
board: 7 10 7 10 10

me: A 8
him:3 6

Dana,

In your second post with the hands, it's a split pot, they have the same 5-card hand: 10-10-10-7-7

If one player had a pocket pair, higher than 7, they would have won with a better full house.

Morri,

Actually, if you use the ace then you only have three of a kind, with an ace kicker.

To make the best possible hand you need to use the board, for a full house. The ace does nothing for this hand.

how can i use a playing cards for a calander

Tupac,

So you are alive... I knew it.

Unfortunately I can't answer your question, you're going to have to give me all 5 board cards.

In Texas hold'em what is a better starting hand pocket 3's or AJ un-suited ?

My Brother and i were playing holdem the other night and im confussed as to who won the last hand. He had a pair of 4's i had a Q 7 in our hands. The flop was 3 A's the turn and river were both 9's. How should that have been handled.

Robert,

If you're putting the two hands against each other (33 vs AJ), 33 is a better starting hand

33 - 53%
AJ - 47%

But, if we put 9 players in a hand, one with 33, one with AJ, and the other 7 with random hands AJ will take a small lead (assuming all players go to the river ever hand)

Over 2 million permutations:

33- 13.5%
AJ - 19%

Anthony,

Since you have to make the best 5-card hand possible, it was a split pot.

AAA99
You - Q7
Him - 44

The best hand both of you can make is a full house, Aces over nines. Since you're both playing the board, it's a split pot.

Sue,

In Omaha you have to make a five card hand, and all five cards in that hand count.

Player1 Heart Flush - KJT98
Player2 Heart Flush - K8762

Look at all five cards and you can see that Player 1 clearly has a larger flush, they win.

Tupac,

You're wrong, very wrong.

http://www.pokerlistings.com/strategy/beginner/how-to-determine-the-winning-hand

read that article, and if needed read the basic Hold'em rules in our rules section. Those should clear some things up for you.

Tupac,

I don't really know what you're asking, but I'm willing to take a guess.

Hand1 - J7
Hand2 - T2

Board - AAKKT

In this scenario, the 10-2 hit their ten on the river, but it doesn't help them. both player have two pair - Aces and kings, but J7 has a better kicker on the two pair.

Is this what you mean?

J7 has only a hard card King but in texas hold em you have to make 5 cards so will they be K Q J 8 10.

Sean,

yep thats what i needed to know the layout K Q J 10 8 and 10 10 K Q 8 thanks lol.

By the way in texas hold em No Limit if i have 5100 chips and other player has 5000 we both go all in and the other player wins will i get 100 chips back since he beat only 5000 and i beat 5100.

thanks.

Cheers Sean,

I also figured out the first confusing question about the (j,7 and A,Q) with the two 6's let me know if you would like me to elaborate.

sorry, i have one last question.

player1: 6,5
player2: 6,2

Flop: 3,6,3,3,9

In this case both have a fullhouse and its a split darw, does the nine in the flop play a role counterfeiting the 6's?