Which Flush Wins the Pot?

Question…

My friends and I and were playing poker tonight and we came across a new problem to us which we weren’t sure how to settle so we just decided to call it a push pot and split the chips.

The situation was as followed…

The board had all hearts and the following cards were there – A, 10, 7, 6, 3

My friend has the 2 of hearts and I had the jack of hearts in my hand.

Should I have won this pot because my jack was higher then his 2 or was splitting the pot the correct thing to do?

Answer…

This is a great question that often confuses new players to the game. To answer your question though you should have won the hand because simply put in Texas Hold’em the goal is to produce the best five card hand you possibly can.

In this instance you would have had the higher straight because your Jack of hearts would have replaced the three of hearts meaning this.

Your hand – A, J, 10, 7, 6

Your friends hand – A, 10, 7, 6, 3

As you can see by using the best possible five cards in play you would have finished with the better hand and should have won the pot.

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