Split pot
A tie: two or more hands are equally best at showdown and share the pot.
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- What it means
- When the best five-card hands are the same, the pot is shared equally between them. Suits never break a tie.
- How it is calculated
- A calculator counts a tie for each hand that shares the best hand, and gives each a share of the pot: half in a two-way tie, a third in a three-way tie.
- Worked example
- On a board of 10-J-Q-K-A in four suits, three players with no flush all play the board's straight, so each takes 33.3% of the pot.
- Why it matters
- Ties matter when hands share cards, such as two big aces, and on boards where the best hand is on the board itself.
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