A question about poker...........??? ?
by SmartA197 on Thu Oct 22, 2009 2:38 pm
Split pot
Only the best 5 card hand would count. So each player has 2 pair, Jacks and 6's with King kicker.
Basically, if the person with 5-3 uses the board for his 5 card hand, he has J-J-6-6-K which is two pair.
If the other player used his 7 as part of his 5 card hand, he'd have to take away one of the board cards. If he takes away either a Jack, or a 6, then he no longer has 2-pair. If he takes away the king, he is just lowering his kicker. So the BEST possible hand he can make is using the 5 cards on the board, which matches the BEST 5 card hand for the other player, so the pot is split.