User talk:Kidpoker55

Beginner poker question?

I know the 5 community cards are used by both players, but what is the answer to the following?

The board is J J 10 10 4 One player has K7 and the other has K6. Who wins, or is it a tie? ....and why


 * Hi, Kidpoker... thanks for stopping by.
 * The rule for evaluating hold 'em hands is to take each player's best five cards, then compare those hands. In your example, the best possible five cards that Player One can use are the J J 10 10 and the K from their hand:
 * Leaving off a J or a 10 would make them have less than two pair, clearly a worse hand, so they have to use J J and 10 10
 * They can't make a straight or a flush (though you didn't mention the suits, so it's theoretically possible - but I assume you didn't mention them because they don't make flushes)
 * Having two pair, the highest kicker card they can play with their two pair is the King in their hand. They cannot play any other cards now - they are already playing five cards (J J 10 10 K), which is all they are allowed to play.  So they have "two pair, jacks and tens, with a king kicker", as a professional dealer would read the hand out loud.
 * As you can probably guess now, Player Two has the exact same best hand: J J 10 10 K. Because the players have the same five card hands, the hands are tied, and the pot is split between the players.
 * Kickers only apply until you have filled out a five card hand - so the 7 and 6 in the players' hands do not "play" (do not make any difference in their hand values).
 * Hope this helps!
 * MarkT 08:32, 30 April 2008 (UTC)