<p>Your opponent won the pot.</p>

<p>The fact that there's a flush on the table isn't relevant to whether or not your pocket cards matter. Each player creates the best 5-card hand that he can out of the total 7 cards (2 pocket cards plus 5 table cards). While it is possible that the best 5-card hand is the 5 table cards, that is not the case here.</p>

<p>The best 5-card hand that you could make was Q♠-J♠-8♠-7♠-6♠, and the best 5-card hand that your opponent could make was Q♠-J♠-10♠-8♠-6♠. Your opponent's resulting 5-card hand was better than yours. You both had a flush, so you look at the highest card you each had. This was a tie, so you look at the second-highest card. Still a tie, so you look at the third-highest. Your opponent's third-highest was an 10, while yours was an 8, so he wins.</p>

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They're called kicker cards for a reason.
yurisich
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GendoIkari
<p>The higher flush wins the pot.  And a Q-J-10-8-6 is better than a Q-J-8-7-6 so your opponent won the pot.  It's the same for any other non-flush hand where the highest cards form the tie break.  Then you compare the next one and the next until 5 cards are in both hands.  Then if both 5 card hands are <em>identical</em> it's a tie.  </p>

<p>In this case, your 3rd best card lost to his 3rd best card.  He should have won the pot.</p>

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@Ethan: You should do better than that; go find your opponent, apologize to him, and pay him the remainder of the pot that you withheld from him. That is the honourable, and proper behaviour.
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ryanyuyu
<p>There are situations where "board plays," in which case it would be a tie. This is <em>not</em> one of those situations.</p>

<p>A "board plays" situation would be something like A♠ K♠ Q♠ J♠ T♠ (your friend would have to have the 9♠ or 8♠ against your 7♠). That is to say that the board represents the best possible hand. Here, your pocket cards are "void."</p>

<p>The reason "board plays" does not apply is because his T♠ and your 7♠ both improve the board. Therefore, these respective pocket cards are not "void."</p>

<p>Both your holdings replace the 2♠. His hand is, 6♠ 8♠ Q♠ J♠ T♠. Your hand is 6♠ 8♠ Q♠ J♠ 7♠. His hand is better because T♠ beats 7♠ (when you compare the two hands),</p>

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<p>I was playing Texas Holdem last night with some friends at my house and this was the hand we were dealt:</p>

<p>My cards 7♠ 6♦</p>

<p>His cards 10♠ 7♥</p>

<p>Cards on table  6♠ 8♠ Q♠ J♠ 2♠</p>

<p>Odd hand. Everyone else folded after the flop. Who would have won?</p>

<p>My arguments, 1. Because there is a flush on the table our pocket cards are void and we split the pot. 2. Because the Queen is the highest ♠ card on the table it is shared by both of us so we split the pot. I thought that in a flush the only card that matters is the highest for example if he had a pocket K♠ he would have won. </p>

<p>His argument, was that since his 10♠ is higher then my 7♠ he won and takes it all.</p>

<p>We were all confused and the vote between players was split 50/50 so i said house rules and split the pot. He got pissed and left the table and didn't come back. Was i in the wrong? Any help is appreciated. </p>

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Perhaps learning the rules of a game would be better done *before* playing it for money.
Nij
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I would leave every table where someone over-houserules the official rules to take half of my money - and I probably would never come back.
Tobi
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Texas hold'em flush Tie or Not?
Ethan
# Texas hold'em flush Tie or Not?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-01-01)

I was playing Texas Holdem last night with some friends at my house and this was the hand we were dealt:

My cards 7♠ 6♦

His cards 10♠ 7♥

Cards on table 6♠ 8♠ Q♠ J♠ 2♠

Odd hand. Everyone else folded after the flop. Who would have won?

My arguments, 1. Because there is a flush on the table our pocket cards are void and we split the pot. 2. Because the Queen is the highest ♠ card on the table it is shared by both of us so we split the pot. I thought that in a flush the only card that matters is the highest for example if he had a pocket K♠ he would have won.

His argument, was that since his 10♠ is higher then my 7♠ he won and takes it all.

We were all confused and the vote between players was split 50/50 so i said house rules and split the pot. He got pissed and left the table and didn't come back. Was i in the wrong? Any help is appreciated.

**Tags:** poker, poker-texas-holdem

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Perhaps learning the rules of a game would be better done *before* playing it for money.  
> **username_2**: I would leave every table where someone over-houserules the official rules to take half of my money - and I probably would never come back.  

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2015-01-02. Score: 26

Your opponent won the pot.

The fact that there's a flush on the table isn't relevant to whether or not your pocket cards matter. Each player creates the best 5-card hand that he can out of the total 7 cards (2 pocket cards plus 5 table cards). While it is possible that the best 5-card hand is the 5 table cards, that is not the case here.

The best 5-card hand that you could make was Q♠-J♠-8♠-7♠-6♠, and the best 5-card hand that your opponent could make was Q♠-J♠-10♠-8♠-6♠. Your opponent's resulting 5-card hand was better than yours. You both had a flush, so you look at the highest card you each had. This was a tie, so you look at the second-highest card. Still a tie, so you look at the third-highest. Your opponent's third-highest was an 10, while yours was an 8, so he wins.

> **Comments:**
> **username_4**: They're called kicker cards for a reason.  

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### Answer by username_5 on 2015-01-01. Score: 6

The higher flush wins the pot. And a Q-J-10-8-6 is better than a Q-J-8-7-6 so your opponent won the pot. It's the same for any other non-flush hand where the highest cards form the tie break. Then you compare the next one and the next until 5 cards are in both hands. Then if both 5 card hands are *identical* it's a tie.

In this case, your 3rd best card lost to his 3rd best card. He should have won the pot.

> **Comments:**
> **username_6**: @username_0: You should do better than that; go find your opponent, apologize to him, and pay him the remainder of the pot that you withheld from him. That is the honourable, and proper behaviour.  

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### Answer by username_7 on 2016-08-30. Score: 0

There are situations where "board plays," in which case it would be a tie. This is *not* one of those situations.

A "board plays" situation would be something like A♠ K♠ Q♠ J♠ T♠ (your friend would have to have the 9♠ or 8♠ against your 7♠). That is to say that the board represents the best possible hand. Here, your pocket cards are "void."

The reason "board plays" does not apply is because his T♠ and your 7♠ both improve the board. Therefore, these respective pocket cards are not "void."

Both your holdings replace the 2♠. His hand is, 6♠ 8♠ Q♠ J♠ T♠. Your hand is 6♠ 8♠ Q♠ J♠ 7♠. His hand is better because T♠ beats 7♠ (when you compare the two hands),


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