Simple Question
 

you have 4 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 8 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
i have 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]5 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]

flop is 9 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] 9 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] 9 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]
turn is the jack of spades ( [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img])
river is the dreaded jack of clubs ( [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img])

he wins right
(i punched him silly after that river, all playful though, but I was still pissed [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img])

Re: Simple Question
 

It's a split pot. You both have 999JJ as your best 5 cards. Though you were considerably ahead on the turn, he caught up (luckily), on the river

Only from a Packer Fan
 

Chop it. You can only play 5 cards.

Re: Only from a Packer Fan
 

Yeah, that's as split as they come.

Re: Only from a Packer Fan
 

Guess I don't underwstand yet, because I thought the player with the highest card in hand would be the winner. [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

Re: Only from a Packer Fan
 

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Guess I don't underwstand yet, because I thought the player with the highest card in hand would be the winner.

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In Hold Em you are not required to use either of the two cards dealt to you. You simply need to make the best hand possible using the best 5 cards. In this case, neither person has one of the cards that makes up the best hand possible. They are both using the 5 cards face up on the table. It wouldn't matter if one of the two were playing 32 and the other was playing AK. They both have 999JJ.

Re: Only from a Packer Fan
 

In poker, whoever has the best high hand wins. A HAND CONSISTS OF 5 CARDS, AND 5 CARDS ONLY. In this pot, both players best 5 cards are 999JJ for a fullhouse. The other cards are irrelevant.

Re: Simple Question
 

Hope you got your money back if he took it!!!

Simple Answer
 

Split pot

Re: Simple Answer
 

yeah. i think while you were playfully hitting him he was stealing your money b/c you didn't know better.