As
to your flush question, you compare the hands
card-by-card in order to determine the winner.
Therefore, an Ace-Q-10-7-5 of spades is more valuable
than an Ace-Q-10-7-4 of spades. By sizing up these
two flush hands, you will note that the hand with
the highest card not shared, which in this case
is the fifth card, the five, becomes the winning
hand.
Of
course, Ellie, the second card could determine
the winner, a Jack in one hand versus the Queen,
or the third card and so on. Only in the case
where the players have exactly the same flush
in different suits, or where two or more players
benefit from all five cards on the board being
of the same suit would there be a tie, and the
pot would be divvied up accordingly.
As
for straights, the straight to the higher card
wins. After your card-by-card comparison of your
straights, and the hands are dead equal or all
five cards are shared, you split the pot.
Regarding
the kicker, the highest unpaired card in your
hand; it never participates in five card hands
like straights, flushes, and full houses.
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