Texas Holdem Straight
General concepts to keep in mind:
- Some hands don’t have a possible tie breaker scenario in Texas Hold’em Poker. Which may be different in other forms of Poker.
Texas Hold'em (or just 'hold'em' for short) is currently the most popular variation of poker, thanks mainly to televised coverage of the World Series of Poker, the World Poker Tour, and various celebrity-based events. The no-limit version is often described as the 'Cadillac of poker, taking only a minute to learn but a lifetime to master.'
| HAND:Royal Flush |
| TIE BREAK POSSIBILITIES: Not Possible |
| RULES: – A tie break is not possible as two players cannot have a Royal Flush in Texas Hold’em Poker. – If the dealer deals a Royal Flush via the 5 community cards, then the pot is split amongst all players. |
- Texas holdem is played with a deck of 52 playing cards, consisting of the same four suits, and 13 ranks in every deck. You know each deck has an ace of spades, and ace of hearts, an ace of clubs, and an ace.
- Playing Flush and Straight Draws. Mathematics: Flushes & Straights: Simple Pot Odds: Implied Odds: Reverse Implied Odds. Watch SplitSuit's video on Flushes and Flush Draws for 8 hand histories involving strategy on playing flushes in Texas Hold'em. You are on the flop with a pretty decent flush draw.
- Regardless of how many players are participating in a game of Hold'em, there are 36 hands that can make a straight flush (remember, we need to exclude the four hand that make a royal flush). Now, there are 2,598,960 different hand combinations in Hold'em.
| HAND: Straight Flush |
| TIE BREAK POSSIBILITIES: Not Possible |
| RULES: – A tie break is not possible as two players cannot have a Straight Flush which is ranked the same in Texas Hold’em Poker. – If the dealer deals a Straight Flush via the 5 community cards, then the pot is split amongst all players provided no player holds a Royal Flush (meaning the Straight Flush is the strongest hand on the table). – If two Players have a Straight Flush, then the higher Straight Flush wins (the Straight Flush ending in the highest ranked card). |
| HAND: Four of a Kind |
| TIE BREAK POSSIBILITIES: 1 Kicker |
| RULES: – A tie is not possible as two players cannot have a matching Four of a Kind except in the case where a dealer deals Four of a Kind via community cards. – If this happens, then the Kicker comes into place, whichever player holds the highest ranked card when looking at their hole cards wins. – If the 5th community card the “Kicker on the board”is higher than any of the players hole cards, then the pot is split. |
| HAND: Full House |
| POSSIBLE TIE BREAKERS: Not Possible |
| RULES: – If two players have the same Full House, the pot is split always. – The strength of the Full House is determined by the 3 matching cards first, followed by the 2 matching cards (pair). Example of Full House K-K-K-A-A beats K-K-K-9-9 and so fourth. A-A-A-K-K beats K-K-K-A-A. – A Kicker is not used to determine a winner for and identical Full House in Texas Hold’em Poker, therefore the pot is split. |
| HAND:Flush |
| POSSIBLE TIE BREAKERS: 2 Kickers |
| RULES: – It’s not possible for two or more players to have the same Flush in Texas Hold’em Poker. – If two players have a Flush, the highest Flush wins (the Flush with the highest Ranked Card taking into account the players Hole Cards and Community Cards). If the dealer deals a Flush via Community Cards and it’s the highest Flush when taking into account all Players Hole Cards, the pot is split amongst all players in the hand. – Highest Flush is determined by the players cards combined with the board cards taking into account the highest combination of the two. – For example the board shows a Flush of Ah-Jh-8h-7h-6h. Player A has a Kh and 2h. Player B has a 10h and 9h. Player A wins because we supplement their Kh to complete the hand making his flush the highest. |
Texas Holdem Straight Vs Flush
| HAND: Straight |
| POSSIBLE TIE BREAKERS: 2 Kickers |
| RULES: – In the event that two players or more have the same Straight via community cards the pot is split. – If two or more players make a Straight using their hole cards and community cards, then the highest Straight wins. The Straight ending in the highest ranked card. – In any case where a Straight ends in the highest ranked cards among all players regardless of suit, the pot is split. |
| HAND: Three of a Kind |
| POSSIBLE TIE BREAKERS: 2 Kickers |
| RULES: – If two or more players have the same Three of a Kind (suit does not matter in this hand) Then the fourth highest card (one of the players Hole Cards or a community card, whichever is higher ranked) is used to determine the winner. – If there is a tie between the fourth strongest card (highest ranked card) then the fifth card is used. – If there is a time between the fifth card, the pot is split (this would be extremely rare). |
Texas Holdem Straight
| HAND: Two Pair |
| POSSIBLE TIE BREAKERS: 1 Kicker |
| RULES: – If two or more players have the same Two Pair (suit does not matter in this hand) Then the fifth highest card (one of the Players Hole Cards or a Community Card) is used to determine the winner. – If player have the same kickers, or if the community card is the highest card, then the pot is split. |
Texas Hold'em Straight Rules
| HAND: High Card |
| POSSIBLE TIE BREAKERS: 2 Kickers |
| RULES: – In the event that all players have the same identical 5 cards in Texas Hold’em Poker the pot is split. This would be extremely rare. – In any other case the players hole cards are used to determine the winner. The highest hole card wins. |