Poker Texas Holdem Split Pot Regeln
A tie goes to the runner in baseball, but a tie in poker results in a split of the pot. Just what constitutes a tie can be confusing. Before you join a Sit-n-Go or play live poker you should brush up on what constitutes a tie, so let's look at some examples.
Is this a Tie at Texas Hold'em?
Suppose there are two players left in a pot. The five community cards showing on the board are 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, two clubs, two hearts and a diamond. Player 'A' turns over their starting hand and shows a 3 and 4. He had two pair before the river, but now the board is a straight.
A Royal Flush is the highest hand in poker. Between two Royal flushes, there can be no tie breaker. If two players have Royal Flushes, they split the pot. The odds of this happening though are very rare and almost impossible in texas holdem because the board requires three cards of one suit for anyone to have a flush in that suit. Winners and Loser in Split Pots. Poker is a zero-sum game, meaning for every winner there has to be a loser. But, that’s not to say there can’t be more than one winner. This scenario is especially true in split pot poker variations and situations. For example, imagine it’s No-Limit Texas Hold’em game and you have an ace-high straight.
Player 'B' turns over their cards and shows a King and a Queen of clubs. They had four clubs and missed the flush on the river. So, who wins?
In Texas Hold'em, the highest combination of five cards wins the pot. So, regardless of the fact that player 'A' had two pair or that player 'B' had higher cards, the best five cards are the straight of 2-3-4-5-6, and since the game includes five community cards available to every player still in the pot, both players will use all five cards on the board to make the same hand, a 6-high straight. Thus, this hand becomes a split pot.
Of course one of the players may bluff at the pot, trying to convince the other that they hold a 7 or even a 7-8 and a higher straight. That's just advanced play and not much you can do about it.
Another Tie Example
Suppose three players call pre-flop, which shows 6-6-8. Player 'A' has pocket aces and bets, called by player 'B' who holds Ace-King suited and a four-flush, and player 'C' who flopped four to a straight. The betting is heavy. On the turn, another 6 hits the board. Now player 'A' has sixes full of aces, player be still has a 4-flush, and player 'C' folds.
The river is another 6, leaving a board of 6-6-8-6-6. Now the best hand is quad 6's with an ace, and both players remaining split the pot. Bummer for player 'A' who's full-house dominated on the turn, but turned into a split on the river!
When Kickers Play
In the last example, both players used their Ace-kicker to claim a split of the pot. Other times kickers can be even more confusing. Suppose the final board is all spades: Ace-K-6-5-4
Player 'A' has two spades in their hand, Jack and 6. Player 'B' has a pair of queens, one of which is a spade. In this case, player 'B' wins because their final hand of Ace-K-Q-6-5-4 spades is higher than player 'A's' hand of Ace-K-J-9-8 spades.
If the players had each held just a single spade in their hand, player 'A' the 2 and player 'B' the 3, this would be a split pot, as the final community cards of Ace-K-6-5-4 would be the highest hand. You'll start to understand these concepts quickly as you learn more advanced strategies.
One Last Example
Now suppose there is an all-in wager preflop and two players call. Player 'A' holds pocket Jacks and player 'B' hold's pocket Tens. The board comes Ace-King-Queen. Player 'A' leads and both have a straight draw. The turn is an Ace and the river is another King, for a final board of:
Ace-King-Queen-Ace-King
Looks like player 'B' caught-up! Now it's a tie because the board plays and those pocket jacks and tens aren't going to be used! It's simply two-pair (Aces and Kings) with a queen kicker!
Split Pot - A pot that is split by two or more players.Sometimes, at the conclusion of the hand, more than one player is entitled to a part of the pot. A split pot is a pot that is split among 2 or more players. Depending upon the game that you are playing, this can be a relatively rare occurrence, or a commonplace event.
In a hi/lo game, like Omaha Eight or Better (O8), by rule half of the pot is awarded to the high hand and half of the pot is awarded to the low hand, so long as a player makes a qualifying low hand. This makes split pots a very common occurrence in hi/lo games. Split pots occur so frequently in these games that they are often referred to as “split pot games.”
In these games, splitting the pot has strategic implications. Players may play for the high side of the pot, the low side, or both. Here, it is best to have a multiway action hand which has the potential to win both sides of the pot. This is why players tend to focus on hands which contain A-2, along with a valuable combination of high cards. The most powerful hand before the flop in O8 is A-A-2-3, double suited. Hands with high only values or low oriented hands can also be valuable, depending upon the flop.
It is important to realize that it is much easier to make a low hand in these games than it is to make a high hand. In fact, lows occur with such frequency in O8, that it is relatively common for more than one player to make a nut low during the same hand. When this happens, multiple players must split the low side of the pot evenly. If there are one high hand and two low hands, the high hand will receive 50% of the pot, and the two low hands will each receive 25%. For the holders of the low hands, this is called “getting quartered.” If there are only three of you in the pot in this situation (one high and two lows), the low will be putting in 33% of the money, but you will only be receiving back 25% of the money at the conclusion of the hand. As you can see, it is easy to lose money getting quartered with the nut low. You will need substantial action from the rest of the field, if you are to make any profit at all on a hand which you are getting quartered on. Many newbies do not understand the math on this and insist upon raising and reraising anytime that they make the nut low. This is a bad idea and it will annoy the experienced players at the table to no end. To be effective, you must learn not to overvalue the low. Since the low must qualify in order to be eligible for any part of the pot, and the risk of getting quartered is substantial, it is often better to make the high hand than the low. Sometimes three or more people will all make the same low on a hand, but a split pot on the high side occurs with much less frequency. When a multi-way low split occurs, it can result in each low hand getting a sixth, or less, or the pot. This is why the very best hands have good potential to win both sides of the pot.
Split pots occur more infrequently in high only games like Texas Hold’em. In these games, the low is worthless and is not entitled to any of the pot. In order for a split pot to occur in a Hold’em game, two or more players must make identical high hands. Players may make identical hands using two, one, or none of their hole cards. If no hole cards are played, players will be playing the board, and all active players will be entitled to an equal share of the pot. More frequently, players will split a pot because they complete their hand with the same single hole card. This happens most often when a single card is needed to complete a straight, or when the board is such that only a one card kicker plays. It is not possible for a chop on the high side to occur when the winning player completes a flush using either one or two hole cards. Players will also split the pot anytime there are two or more winning hands with exactly the same two playing hole cards.
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