Posted Sun Oct 10, 2004 1:27 am GMT by Virtual Octopus
what happens when there is a full house on the board? please explain.
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Posted Sun Oct 10, 2004 1:51 am GMT by snoogins47
Ahem.
Best. Five. Cards.
So, the best five card poker hand, out of the seven you all have, wins.
Always. End of story.
Example time, class.
We'll say the board is 6 6 6 5 5.
Anybody with a 6 has four of a kind, and has the nuts.
Pocket 55 would be the second nuts, for four of a kind, fives.
Then, AA would make "Sixes full of Aces," or 666AA. This is the third nuts.
A naked 5 is useless. Sure, you can make fives full... but it doesn't matter, because 55566 isn't as good as the board, which is 66655.
It goes down the pocket pair line.
Anybody without a 6 or a pocket pair is playing the board. If nobody has a 6 or a pocket pair, the pot is split.
Because nobody without a pocket pair or a 6 can make a hand better than the 66655 that's on the board.
What's going to happen tonight, Brain?
The same thing that happens every night, Pinky. The best five card poker hand wins.
Posted Sun Oct 10, 2004 2:23 am GMT by Virtual Octopus
Well the reason i asked is because me and my buddy were playing and we got a board of QQQJJ, i had a K8, he had pocket fives. I said it was a split pot and he said he won cuz 'you have to have something in your hand, you cant just play whats on the board, i have a pair of 5s', thats what he said. i said then i win with a full house. anyway, his whole idea is you have to have somehting in yoru hand to play whats on the board. i said he's wrong but I need confirmation. thanks for your reply, a little elaboration would be great if you could expand a lil bit off what i just posted.
Posted Sun Oct 10, 2004 2:57 am GMT by snoogins47
| Virtual Octopus wrote: | | Well the reason i asked is because me and my buddy were playing and we got a board of QQQJJ, i had a K8, he had pocket fives. I said it was a split pot and he said he won cuz 'you have to have something in your hand, you cant just play whats on the board, i have a pair of 5s', thats what he said. i said then i win with a full house. anyway, his whole idea is you have to have somehting in yoru hand to play whats on the board. i said he's wrong but I need confirmation. thanks for your reply, a little elaboration would be great if you could expand a lil bit off what i just posted. |
I'm getting asked to elaborate on a post? Wow, that's gotta be a first.
Well in that situation, you should have won. You have a full house, with a higher kicker, in your king. The 8 doesn't play, but he's forced to make Jacks full of Fives, giving him what's commonly referred to as "the motown."
However, when he suggested that you have to use something in your hand, you should have told him that your overcards are a coin flip against his pocket fives, in which case it is, according to the standard rules of poker.. *ahem*
VII: The Coin-Flip
2.1 Sometimes, a situation comes to light, or exists, where you must indeed flip the coin. The bearer of the overcards will be deemed 'heads,' and the possessor of the pair will be deemed 'tails.'
2.2 The standard "poker coin" determinants shall be determined in order to determine the dimensions of the coin that is to be flipped. It shall be perfectly circular, no more than 5" in diameter, and one whose ratio between the circumference and diameter is in excess of 4 to 1.
2.3 There are two faces to this coin. One of them will be emblazoned with the picture of a bird; this is the 'heads.' The other will be emblazoned with the picture of a bird, this is the 'tails.' The distinction shall be decided upon, before the game is to be played.
A)If this is not decided upon before the game, a non-biased third party may be used. If one cannot locate an un-biased third party, a fourth or even fifth may be substituted.
B)At no times shall a biased party, tertiary or otherwise, be even considered for the distinction.
2.4 After any distinction disputes have been made, the procedure of the flippage may proceed in three phases: launch, rotation, and revelation.
A)Launch: The coin is to be launched, overhead, in a directly underhanded, 360 degree turning-point manner, as agreed-upon by the 1946 committe for the proper determination of coin toss diametrics.
B)Rotation: Rotation follows Launch.
C)Revelation: After Rotation, the toss will be revealed, and the winner named thusly and aptly and succintly and quickly to all those involved likewise.
2.5 The winner of the flip, according to the Byrd-Wemington segue, is now allowed to decide whether or not to play the board. He may elect to take the "Rouche" option, which is essentially a passing of the selection, in lieu of decision. (Commonly known as "Going Rouche.") If the winner "goes Rouche," all previous action is revoked, and the stakes for the current hand are multiplied by a constant that changes in relation to the level of chips in play divided by the number of players.
Gotta memorize your rulebook, sonny! By the way, some player will suggest you always "go Rouche." I say it's situational.
Posted Sun Oct 10, 2004 11:19 am GMT by Fat Tony
split pot. you CAN play the board and not use any of the cards in your hand.
Posted Mon Oct 11, 2004 1:22 pm GMT by golddog
What Tony said. The only thing I can figure is he's thinking of Omaha, where you are required to use exactly two from your hand.
Posted Mon Oct 11, 2004 1:27 pm GMT by Nut Flush
First of all, punch your friend in the mouth. Once you're done with that, explain to him you don't have to use any of your hole cards if the board has the best five cards. The only time your friend would win with his pocket pair in this situation is if he had pocket Kings or Aces. If that was the case, you would have Queens full of Jacks(all 5 on the board) and he would have Queens full of Kings or Aces(using his pocket pair).
His pocket fives just don't cut it in the hand you described.
Posted Mon Oct 11, 2004 3:33 pm GMT by Sherrif Lobo
| Nut Flush wrote: | | First of all, punch your friend in the mouth. |
Posted Sat Oct 16, 2004 3:12 am GMT by vegasholdem
| Virtual Octopus wrote: | | what happens when there is a full house on the board? please explain. |
It get beat by quads... 
Posted Sun Oct 17, 2004 1:53 am GMT by Dias
yeah, nut flush is right
snoogins....very wrong about the kicker coming into play.
agree with nut flush here...kick friend in teeth.
Posted Sun Oct 17, 2004 12:53 pm GMT by Fat Tony
and then kick him again, so he knows you meant to kick him the first time.
Posted Sun Oct 17, 2004 9:12 pm GMT by Cyberhwk
| golddog wrote: | | What Tony said. The only thing I can figure is he's thinking of Omaha, where you are required to use exactly two from your hand. |
I also know people that make up ass backwards house rules so it's possible that you two weren't on the same page.
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