When Do You Look To A Kicker? |
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Posted Sat Nov 27, 2004 12:15 am GMT by davidianstyle
when are you supposed to look to a kicker?
...if the winning hand is less than 5 cards?
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Posted Sat Nov 27, 2004 2:35 am GMT by NCSU_Ace
A kicker comes into play if two players hold the same winning hand.
Player one AKo
Player two AQo
Board 6 A J 5 2
Player one has A A K J 6 Aces with a King kicker (winner)
Player Two has A A Q J 6 Aces with a queen kicker
Kickers work the same way with two pair, but be careful of a split pot if both players next highest card is on the board as well.
P 1 A4
P 2 A3
Board A 6 6 5 3
P1 A A 6 6 5
P2 A A 6 6 5
Split
Same applies to three of a kind. Hope this helps
Posted Sat Nov 27, 2004 3:06 am GMT by davidianstyle
thanks for the reply!
i was playing on pokerroom.com play money and i was confused when i split the pot with a guy, it was something like this:
me: K6
him: KQ
community cards: K 7 3 A 9
shouldn't i have lost?
Posted Sat Nov 27, 2004 9:03 am GMT by Idaho
| davidianstyle wrote: | thanks for the reply!
i was playing on pokerroom.com play money and i was confused when i split the pot with a guy, it was something like this:
me: K6
him: KQ
community cards: K 7 3 A 9
shouldn't i have lost?
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Er.. with pairs I think you only count one kicker. As in you both had KK with an Ace kicker. You don't worry about the next card.
Posted Sat Nov 27, 2004 9:56 am GMT by wEbMaStEr
| Idaho wrote: | | davidianstyle wrote: | thanks for the reply!
i was playing on pokerroom.com play money and i was confused when i split the pot with a guy, it was something like this:
me: K6
him: KQ
community cards: K 7 3 A 9
shouldn't i have lost?
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Er.. with pairs I think you only count one kicker. As in you both had KK with an Ace kicker. You don't worry about the next card. |
NO!!! STOP RIGHT THERE! THIS IS ALL WRONG!
This is all a lot easier if you think of every hand as the best 5 cards that hand can make from the seven cards avaliable!
so using the example above....
you: K6
him: KQ
board K 7 3 A 9
presuming there are no flush possibilities, the hands would be as follows..
you: KKA97
him: KKAQ9
all hold em hands are best 5 cards from the 7 avaliable so you go right down to the bfifth/ card for a kicker if need be.
As you can see, in this example you are the same for first 3 cards but his fourth card is higher, therefore, you lose.
I can only presume that as this pot was split, the only answer can be that all the cards on the board were the same suit. A suit which neither of you held. thus giving you both the exact same flush.
A suit which one of you held a card with would have given one of you a higher flush than the other.
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