One final point to address is how ties are broken when the hands are otherwise identical. Say, for instance, that the following hand occurs:
Player 1:
Player 2:
In this case, Player 1 is the winner, as the next highest card she holds is higher than Player 2’s next highest card (a Queen being of higher rank than a Ten). The next card after the “made hand” (the pair of Kings) is known as a “kicker” and comes into play in hands in which a “five-card hand” (a straight, a flush, a full house, or a straight flush) has not been made. Player 1’s pair of Kings with a Queen kicker beats Player 2’s pair of Kings with a Ten kicker.
