- Unreported Split. In general the IRS only requires you to report income that is yours. If lottery winnings you receive are split with other winners and you are the only person who receives a W2-G.
- A royal flush is the highest straight of cards, all in one suit: 10-J-Q-K-A. This hand is very tough to make. Being dealt this hand in five-card stud poker will happen about once in every 649,000 hands. In five card draw (or video poker), it will happen about once in every 40,000 hands.
- Split Bet Poker is played with three player cards and two community cards. When the player’s cards are revealed, they have a chance to take back ⅓ of their bet if they have a weak hand. Then, when the first of the community cards are shown, they have another opportunity to take back a further ⅓ of their bet if the odds of a win do not.
- Poker Variants: Split Pot Games This page lists poker games in which the pot is normally shared between two or more winners according to different criteria. Sometimes these are the highest and lowest hand, and sometimes other criteria are used such as highest concealed spade, and so on. In some split pot games the pot is simply shared.
$ 3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better (Event #31) 46th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2015, Las Vegas 6th $ 52,324 30-Jun-2014: United States $ 3,000 Omaha Hi/Lo (Event #59) 45th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2014, Las Vegas 37th $ 5,888 24-Jun-2014: United States.
Split Hold'em, a new cash game format that will give players thrilling moments, some fun decisions, and all while exploring a whole new strategy.
Split hold'em is an example of the new variants we've been working on at PokerStars. We think they provide engaging challenges and opportunities for players to test their wits in a fresh format that is new for everybody.
Split Hold'em will be immediately familiar to No Limit Hold'em players, with one single powerful twist-- two Flops, two Turns, two Rivers, and two halves of the pot to win. If the hand goes to showdown you must make the best hand on both boards to win the whole pot.
Also noteworthy is that, for the first time, we will be using the Seat Me system on our global liquidity player pool.
This means that when taking your seat at a Split Hold'em table, instead of manually choosing a table and a seat, you will simply choose the stake that you want to play. If a seat is not immediately available, you will be placed on a waiting list. For more information on Seat Me check out this blog post.
Split Hold'em has already provoked a lot of internal discussion around the best strategy, so we can't wait to see how players adapt. You may know how to play 88 and AQ - but what about when you have two boards to consider? The game will not be a permanent addition to the PokerStars offering so play while you can.
Dan Price, Ring Games Manager
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.
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
Poker Winnings Split Game
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
Poker Winnings Spreadsheet
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!