21 comments on this article

nate May 8, 2008

on an ace high flush on the board does it matter who has the next highest card

cav Apr 27, 2008

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

Hogan Apr 21, 2008

Hey guys! I'm pretty up to date on poker nut last week I had something that I never run into. on the board was.....
Q 8 10 K 10
I had A 8 and the guy that said he beat me had 9 9.
Now my question is..is that when you have two pair I thought that as long as you have the same high pair no matter what the second pair is it comes down to your kicker because two pair is two pair if you have the same high pair. I thought I was supposed to win because I carried A kicker?

mark Apr 17, 2008

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.

shintle .b Apr 17, 2008

K J 10 9 5 are all spades and all community cards. I have the 7 other guy has the queen.
Does he win, or is it split pot?

Steve Apr 14, 2008

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

jonzee Apr 14, 2008

K J 10 9 5 are all spades and all community cards. I have the 7 other guy has the queen.
The winning hand is? Or is it a split pot.

Guido Apr 10, 2008

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!

Pete Apr 10, 2008

Bruce - A-2-3-4-5 is a legitimate hand. Also referred to a wheel draw.

Vador - you seem to be a little confused about your/your friend's hand. you mention you had 5-5-5-2-2 vs 2-2-2-6-6. As you can see, this is impossible as there are only 4 cards to every number/picture in a deck.

fyi in a case of 5-5-5-2-2 vs. 6-6-6-2-2, the second hand is the better hand.

vador Apr 6, 2008

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

bruce Apr 1, 2008

hey im bruce tonight i was beatin with a hand ace 2 3 4 5. is that a straight i wasnt sure.

Shannon from Oz Apr 1, 2008

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

Shannon from Oz Apr 1, 2008

Giovanni, The Ace and Queen are irrelevent in this hand - tell your cousin .. .its the "best five cards" including one or two from your own hand plus up to the five community cards - you can't use six cards ..... this is a "split pot" ...

my webiste has some official rulings for you ... will be live in a couple of days - check it out then.

regards

shannon

piyi Apr 1, 2008

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

Giovanni Mar 30, 2008

Hey guys. IF i have Ace,10 the other guy has 7 10.

The flop is 6,7,8,9 and Q.
Who is winning.We almost had a fight over this last nite because the guy said he had a straight plus the pair 7 and he has winning hand.So can you please clear this up for me.And also can you refer me to an official rule to explain this.This is my cuzin and he is still upset so i just want to convince him that he was wrong.
thank you guys.

Fionn Mar 29, 2008

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

Fionn Mar 29, 2008

Erik Queen doesnt matter but k9 would win because 9 is a higher kicker

Erik Winkler Mar 25, 2008

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 Mar 23, 2008

Hello. I am a begginer and have two questions:

1) I was playing with some friends and we had a situation where two of them had a flush, using an ACE from the table. We decided that the winner was the one with the second highest card of the same suit. Was that correct or the only card that matters on a flush is the highest?

2) When two players have one pair, the card that decides the winner (kicker) is the highest on players' hand or including the cards on the table? For 1-pair games, if the kicker is the same for both players should we decide based on the next better card?

paul egan Mar 22, 2008

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

DaRee Feb 29, 2008

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