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Hello all!

I don’t seem to find a reliable source for split pot rules of a tournament.

I had a situation were two players had the same two pair. Does the person with the highest second card in hand win?

And do you guys have a reliable source/document with the split pot rules?

Thanks in advance!
 
Well, if you are talking about a 5-card hand with community cards (like hold'em) then yes, the person with the highest 5th card wins. If neither has a 5th card higher than anything in the community cards, then its a true split pot.
 
It might be easier if you give us the exact two hands. in question. However, if the 5th card plays, then yes, they take the pot.
 
I’m sure there are others, this was a quick search on google.

https://help.replaypoker.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001874493-How-split-pots-work-

https://www.liveabout.com/split-pots-in-texas-holdem-537648

the main thing to learn when splitting pots is that you start from the highest value chips, then go down from there. Usually people will grab the pot and throw stacks of quarters to the splitters, only to find out that they have to get change to break up a 500 in the pot later. So start the chop with the largest denomination and work down.
 
Well, if you are talking about a 5-card hand with community cards (like hold'em) then yes, the person with the highest 5th card wins. If neither has a 5th card higher than anything in the community cards, then its a true split pot.
Highest card in the hand or highest card made of the community cards?
 
Here’s an excerpt from the above links that addresses this


A split pot is necessary when two or more players have an identical poker hand, a "tie", and all of the chips they win- whether in a single pot or more pots- are divided equally between them. To be identical, their best hands have to have all five cards absolutely identical in rank.

For example:

  • On a Hold'em board of K-K-Q-Q-8, two players- with each holding a queen- will both have Q-Q-Q-K-K as their best hand and will split all the chips they are competing for regardless of the value of the other card, unless it is a King .
  • On a Hold'em board of A-Q-9-6-4 of all hearts, where no players at showdown have a heart in their hand, the pot(s) will be divided equally between each player (which contributed to them) at showdown because everyone has the best possible hand, a heart flush.
Please note that in these examples and any others they are only using FIVE cards. Not six not seven, and not even four. Five cards make a holdem hand. Five cards. The sixth and seventh don’t matter, it’s only five cards that count. Five cards, any combination of board or in hand, but just you top five cards. Five.
 
T88A6

player 1: T 5
player 2: T 3

We let player 1 win..

So the winning hand is TT88A and they both had it so the correct move was to split the pot.

However if the board looked something like this T8824 then player 1 would have the winning hand with TT885.

In my hypothetical situation player 1's other card plays because it is the next highest card aside from the two pair.
 
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So the winning hand is TT88A and they both had it so the correct move was to split the pot.

However if the board looked something like this T8824 then player 1 would have the winning hand with TT885.

In my hypothetical situation player 1's other card plays because it is the next highest card aside from the two pair.
This is correct
 
Thanks guys. Its more clear now. So you always play with 5 cards with texas holdem? So when two players have the same pair. You always get three more cards?

other situation:

board: 668AJ

player 1: 6 8
player 2: 6 A

so player 2 has an higher fullhouse and wins? But if the players had the same fullhouse there was a split pot, because a fullhouse contains of 5 cards
 
Thanks guys. Its more clear now. So you always play with 5 cards with texas holdem? So when two players have the same pair. You always get three more cards?

other situation:

board: 668AJ

player 1: 6 8
player 2: 6 A

so player 2 has an higher fullhouse and wins? But if the players had the same fullhouse there was a split pot, because a fullhouse contains of 5 cards
Exactly player 2wins with 666AA vs 66688.
If another player has JJ on this board (668AJ) and versus 6 8 and 6 A, the player with JJ would win with jacks full of sixes (JJJ66).
 
Thanks guys. Its more clear now. So you always play with 5 cards with texas holdem? So when two players have the same pair. You always get three more cards?

other situation:

board: 668AJ

player 1: 6 8
player 2: 6 A

so player 2 has an higher fullhouse and wins? But if the players had the same fullhouse there was a split pot, because a fullhouse contains of 5 cards
board
66884

player 1:6k
player 2:6A

They both have the same hand 66688
chop

ex2
board: 66688

player 1:44
player 2:AK

best hand is 66688

chop
 
When we’re not sure who gets the pot or if it’s a split (usually when beginner players ask) we use Odds calculator app
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