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When There Is Split Pot
We all know that the best five card combination (aka hand) wins Texas Holdem. But there are situations when there are more then one winners. It means that either there ate equal hans or no best hands at all. How can it be? Let us investigate the issue.
So imagine you are sitting with KhKc and your opponent has a Doyle Brunson, I mean Tc2c.
But the board after the river looks like this: AhAcAsAdKdKs. So, as you see the best five-card combination is already on the board, so the pot is split between the players.
Anther variant: you have Kc2d, your opponent Ks4h and the board is 7c9sThQd5c. Neither of the players have the best kicker. So the pot is split.
The opposite variant: you hold AcAs, your opponent AhAd. There can be just any board as there is only one best possible kicker for both opponents anyway. So the players share the pot with each other.
One more situation when there is a better combination on the board: you are sitting with AsQc and your opponent with KcQs but there are 4sAcKdJhTh on the board. Though the players have different cards they have one and the same straight. So each gets half of the pot.
And the last situation which seems “the most usual.”
Imagine you have 3h2h and your opponent 4h5h. And after the showdown you see 6h8h9hJhAh. Both players have the same flush as the highest card is on the board. Guess what happens with the pot? Yes, it IS SPLIT!
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