Hand ranking instructions at HoldemPoker.com
This is the ranking of hands. The player making the highest ranked five card hand out of the seven cards (the five community card plus his own two hole cards) wins the pot. It doesn’t matter if he uses four of the community cards on the board and one hole card or both hole cards and three from the board. Sometimes even the five communal cards may rank as the best hand. Then all the players share the pot since they all have that hand!
A hand always consists of five cards. In the case of two players holding a pair of aces for example the high card kicker will decide the winner.
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I want to know about a rule regarding a Flush on the table. For example. We are 2 on the table on the flop of the table is Ah Qh and 10h.
I am sitting with 9h and 7h in pocket. The other player sit with pocket 8h and 6h. Actually we have both flush highest A because of the Ah on the flop but it seems it doesn’t work like that because I will win the pot due to the 9h highest in hand.
I think this rule is sucks and cant work like this we should split the pot.
For example I sit with 2 pair A and K and the other person sit with 2 pair A and 3, according to the rule we will split the pot but I have the K pair and he have the 3.
I would appreciate if you can reply on this issue. Maybe is the rules different from other poker sites.
Regards
Dawie
Hi Dave,
It seems you’ve understood the rule regarding a flush on the table.
I can’t agree with your complaint about this rule though.
The poker rules are always about the best 5 card-hand. A poker hand is never judged by only the highest card. If two players have a flush it can only be a split pot if the same 5 cards counts as the best possible hand for both players.
For example, if you have 2h 8h and your opponent has 4h 5h on a board like: Ah Kh Qh Jh 9h. You will split the pot, because none of your hole cards makes the best 5 card hand.
As for the two pair example it seems you’ve got it slightly wrong. If you have AK and your opponent have A3 on a board like A K 3 9 7, you will take down the pot as your second pair is bigger than his.