Who wins the pot?

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1. 1. You hold two queens. Your opponent holds ace-jack. Who wins?

   This lesson is about who wins a hand. Five cards go in the middle, and both players can use them.

   You hold two queens. Your opponent holds ace-jack. Who wins?

   • You✓ Right

     Correct: you win. Your two queens are a pair. Your opponent's ace pairs nothing, so they only have ace-high. Any pair beats no pair.

     Under each hand its name appears: pair of queens for you, ace-high for the opponent. Your best five cards, two queens with the king, eight and six, lift into a row, and the verdict reads: a pair beats no pair.

   • Opponent✗ Not right: Picking the hand with the highest card over a hand with a pair

     The ace is the highest card, but it pairs nothing here. Your two queens are a pair, and any pair beats no pair.

     Under each hand its name appears: pair of queens for you, ace-high for the opponent. The opponent's best five, ace, king, jack, eight and six, lift into a row, and the verdict reads in red: ace-high loses to a pair.

   • Split the pot✗ Not right: Missing that a pair beats a hand with no pair

     There's no split. Your queens make a pair, your opponent has no pair, so you take the whole pot.

     Under each hand its name appears: pair of queens for you, ace-high for the opponent. Your two queens are tinted gold where they lie, and the verdict reads in red: no split, a pair beats no pair.

2. 2. Same middle cards. Your opponent holds the ace and jack of clubs. Who wins now?

   Same middle cards, but now your opponent holds the ace and jack of clubs. Count the clubs. Who wins?

   • Opponent✓ Right

     Correct: your opponent wins. Their two clubs and the three in the middle make five of one suit, a flush. A flush beats a pair.

     The five clubs are tinted blue and lift into a row as the opponent's best five. Under the hands: pair of queens for you, flush for the opponent. The verdict reads: a flush beats a pair.

     Every hand that reaches the end is read this way: best five cards wins. Next, learn the full order of hands.

     The cards dim. Three hand names stack in the middle, strongest at the top: flush, pair, no pair.

   • You✗ Not right: Missing the flush made with three clubs in the middle

     You still have a pair of queens. But your opponent has five clubs, two in hand and three in the middle. That's a flush, and a flush beats a pair.

     The five clubs are tinted blue. Under the hands: pair of queens for you, flush for the opponent. Your best five, two queens with the king, eight and six, lift into a row, and the verdict reads in red: a pair loses to a flush.

   • Split the pot✗ Not right: Missing the flush made with three clubs in the middle

     No split. Five clubs make a flush for your opponent, and a flush beats your pair of queens.

     The five clubs are tinted blue where they lie. Under the hands: pair of queens for you, flush for the opponent. The verdict reads in red: no split, a flush beats a pair.