Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Tarmac on April 28, 2006, 06:11:10 PM
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Ok, I'm new to this whole Texas Hold 'em phenomenon, but its something fun to do when a game is on... my buddies have been getting me into it. I know the basics of poker from learning 5 card draw when I was little, but there are some things in hold 'em that never occur in a 5 card game. One happened last night, and I know we've got some online poker players here that can answer my question. Google already came up empty, but maybe I'm not looking in the right place.
Here's the situation:
3 players (I'm one of them) going for a flush. Flop came out as 3 spades... the ace and two low ones (let's say 5 and 9). Next card comes out as another low spade (say a 3), so a total of 4 spades are showing. I'm holding the king of spades and an off suit junk card, so I've got an A-K-9-5-3 spade flush. The pot is pretty big. I milk it some more by raising; the river comes up as off suit junk.
So I've already got the ace-high flush, and I'm hoping that the two others were hoping to hit the flush on the river and had stayed in for that. I go all in. One guy folds, the other sees my bet.
We show our cards; I have an A-K-9-5-3 flush, he has an A-10-9-5-3 flush.
Here's the question: does the 2nd highest card in the flush break the tie when two players both have ace-high flushes? I had been hoping to bluff them out (at best) or at worst get one to fold and split the pot with one other who also had the ace-high flush. But before the river went out, there was some table talk between the folded players that established the rules (dunno if its a house rule or if it's official) that an A-K flush would beat, say, an A-Q flush.
Is this a real rule, or was that a house rule? As a poker noob, I figured one ace-high flush was as good as another, but the table didn't agree with me and I didn't make a big deal of it as I won big. :)
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In any kind of tie the 2nd card breaks the tie. It goes down the line until the tie is broken. For example 2 players both have 2 pair. Kings and Queens. But player #1 has a 5 and player #2 has a 3. Player #1 would win.
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I know you use high card to break the tie when you've got pairs or something, but does that work in a flush, since there is technically not a high card that's not already in the flush?
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It goes the same in a flush. Say both players have a Ace high flush like in your situation. It then goes to who ever has the highest 2nd card. And down the line if need be.
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Every time I've ever played Texas Hold'em your high card is the kicker. If the high cards match then you have a split pot (tie).
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Originally posted by BlueJ1
It goes the same in a flush. Say both players have a Ace high flush like in your situation. It then goes to who ever has the highest 2nd card. And down the line if need be.
Bingo.
An A-K-10-5-3 flush beats an A-K-10-4-3 flush.
If both players had A-K-10-5-3, they would split. Under no circumstances would you use a sixth card to break a tie... EVER.
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Yep, the cards in your hand determine it. That's why it would have been a bad idea to go in if you just had, say, a two of spades, 'cause chances are somebody else will have a higher spade.
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Originally posted by Sandman
Bingo.
An A-K-10-5-3 flush beats an A-K-10-4-3 flush.
If both players had A-K-10-5-3, they would split. Under no circumstances would you use a sixth card to break a tie... EVER.
That's exactly what I was looking for. Glad I won fairly. :)