Dear
Mark, I played in a Texas Hold'em tournament amongst friends. All went well
except one hand. Two players held low clubs as hole cards, and the community cards
were an ace, queen, and jack of clubs. We split the pot as both players had an
ace high flush. One player thought we should count back through hole cards for
winner. For future games, how should this be handled? Gene R.
The affirmative
answer is to include each player's pocket cards. Therefore, using your example,
if the community cards were an Ace, queen and jack of clubs, and player A had
a five and three of clubs, with player B having a four and two, player A's five
of clubs would accord him the winning hand. You would only split the pot if all
five cards on the board (the flop, the turn, and the river) were used to make
the highest flush.
