Given that in Texas Hold’em often only one of your hole cards matches another or more from the board, the other usually takes the role of the kicker.
In each hand, the combination of the strongest five cards is considered when determining the winner. For instance, if you had AT and your opponent had A9 on a board of A-Q-7-5-3, you were the favourite as the best combination would be A-A-Q-T-9 in which you held A and T while your opponent had “only” A and 9. However, if the board was, for example, A-K-Q-J-6, both of you had A-A-K-Q-J as the best five cards, which meant the pot would be split.
Watch this training video below from PaddyPowerPoker.com Poker School to see how kickers can benefit you and how they can be misleading sometimes.
In each hand, the combination of the strongest five cards is considered when determining the winner. For instance, if you had AT and your opponent had A9 on a board of A-Q-7-5-3, you were the favourite as the best combination would be A-A-Q-T-9 in which you held A and T while your opponent had “only” A and 9. However, if the board was, for example, A-K-Q-J-6, both of you had A-A-K-Q-J as the best five cards, which meant the pot would be split.
Watch this training video below from PaddyPowerPoker.com Poker School to see how kickers can benefit you and how they can be misleading sometimes.
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