Any Poker players? Texas Hold 'em Question

[TheOneAndOnly]

I've recently become interested in poker and I mainly play Texas hold 'em with friends. I was sure I new the rules but I have a problem:

Say player A has a Q2 and Player B has J3 and the community cards are QQJJ7.
So player A has a full house QQQJJ and player B has a full house JJJQQ. Who wins the pot?
I would guess player A because he has more queens and queens are higher, but I've found no rule stating what happens in this situation. Do they split the pot?

[Paul]

I've recently become interested in poker and I mainly play Texas hold 'em with friends. I was sure I new the rules but I have a problem:

Say player A has a Q2 and Player B has J3 and the community cards are QQJJ7.
So player A has a full house QQQJJ and player B has a full house JJJQQ. Who wins the pot?
I would guess player A because he has more queens and queens are higher, but I've found no rule stating what happens in this situation. Do they split the pot?

A wins. They do not split the pot. The only time a pot is split is if two or more persons have indistinguishable hands (i.e. that differ only in terms of the suites involved and "hand" meaning the five card hand that each ends up having)

This is a rule for poker in general.

Also in case you didn't know, when Ace is used as a low card like in A2345, it loses to 23456 since 6 is higher than 5.

[Xavier]

Paul is correct. A wins the pots since A has a better hand than B.

The three Queens beats the three Jacks.

[Cyrus Johnson]

Paul is correct. A wins the pots since A has a better hand than B.

The three Queens beats the three Jacks.

That's right.

And on a related note, if two pair are competing, the winner is the one with the highest pair. Hence, AA22 beats KKQQ.

However AA22 loses to AA33.

[Jaltus]

And for the record, that is why Player A's hand is Queens over Jacks and player B's is Jacks over Queens, because the first card mentioned determines the strength of the hand.

[Xavier]

Thanks Jaltus... That always confused me...

[CatholicSage]

Ah, so poker is having a revival in the UK as well? Good to hear. I've been playing with friends lately, too, and it seems more "real" somehow than just watching a movie or playing a video game. Plus, it's fun to have duels at sunrise in front of the saloon when you accuse your friend of cheating.

[Xavier]

Ah, so poker is having a revival in the UK as well?

I might be, but who's from the UK?

[TheOneAndOnly]

I am.

[C. D. Ward]

Here's an interesting situation I had come up in a game a couple of weeks ago.

Player A had 3,10 and player B had 3,Q

Community cards were 2,4,5,6,J (although the 6 came on the river). No flush possibilities.

Both players obviously have 2,3,4,5,6 straight. Player B asserted he had won the pot because his "hold" card was a Q which beat player A's 10. I asserted that they should split the pot because the Q & 10 were both extraneous cards (2,3,4,5,6 being the maximum five cards allowed in a poker hand).

IOW, the rules say that you can make the best five-card hand possible, not that you can use your sixth card as a tie-breaker. But this is something I can't find explicitly mentioned in any rule book.

[Xavier]

Per my understanding of the rules, Ward, you are correct. You make the best five card hand that you can. If two opponents end up with the same 5 card hand, then you split the pot.

[Jaltus]

Per my understanding of the rules, Ward, you are correct. You make the best five card hand that you can. If two opponents end up with the same 5 card hand, then you split the pot.

Xavier is correct and it IS in the rules.

[Mark_S]

Per my understanding of the rules, Ward, you are correct. You make the best five card hand that you can. If two opponents end up with the same 5 card hand, then you split the pot.

absolutely. Scenerio #2 lets say that player C had a 3,7 as his hole cards, but he declares a 6 high straight, the pot is still split.

[docjam]

Here's an interesting situation I had come up in a game a couple of weeks ago.

Player A had 3,10 and player B had 3,Q

Community cards were 2,4,5,6,J (although the 6 came on the river). No flush possibilities.

Both players obviously have 2,3,4,5,6 straight. Player B asserted he had won the pot because his "hold" card was a Q which beat player A's 10. I asserted that they should split the pot because the Q & 10 were both extraneous cards (2,3,4,5,6 being the maximum five cards allowed in a poker hand).

IOW, the rules say that you can make the best five-card hand possible, not that you can use your sixth card as a tie-breaker. But this is something I can't find explicitly mentioned in any rule book.

You are correct in this case. It is the best FIVE CARD HAND thus anything outside of those five cards are indeed pointless. It would be a split pot in this case

[Cyrus Johnson]

Scenario: Two players remain at the showdown. The flop shows 346 rainbow (umatched suits), the turn a J, and the river a 7.

Player ones tosses his cards (5J) and declares a pair of jacks. Player 2 shows nut aces (AA) and declares a pair of aces.

Player 3, not in the hand, points out that Player 1 actually has a 3-7 straight.

Question: Who wins the pot?