ok me and my friends got in a huge argument over this hand. Ok, Mike has Ace-7, and Jack has Ace-Q. The flop comes out and it is 8-8-Ace. So right now they both have 2 pair, aces and eights. Then the turn is a King, and the river is a 5. I thought that Jack wins with the 2 pair and queen kicker over Mike's 7. Some of my friends think the same. But some of my other friends thinks its a split pot because the best kicker is the king which is in the community, so they both have it. So, is it a split pot, or does Jack win?
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It is split pot.
Because they both use one pocket card (ace) and four community cards (8 8 A K).
Thus they both have pair of 8s and As + King kicker.
purple is right.
read http://www.pokerstrategy.com/strategy/others/244/1/
basically you take 5 (and only 5) cards from both your hand and the community cards to make the best hand possible, actually you don't even have to use your holecards at all.
like if the board comes AKQJT of a single suit (royal flush), everyone in the pot's splitting regardless of what they have.
