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Posted Tue Aug 15, 2006 7:31 pm GMT by xGinNJuicex the you both have a pair of fives and the king you both share on the board. you make the best possible 5-cars hands you can make with your hole cards and the cards on the board. Player 1 has a pair of 5's with K-J-4 as his best hand, Player 2 has a pair of 5's with K-8-6. the K you both share so the next highest card is your "kicker" in this case. The J-3 takes the pot here.
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