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A little beginner question in Texas Hold 'em poker?

Well I am a beginner, Anyway here is the question.. Say my two cards were a pair can I use them as a One pair.. Or I must use the five cards on deck to complete my set?

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  • 9 years ago
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    In Texas Hold'em, you have two cards and there are 5 community cards for all players to use.

    Your best hand is the best 5 cards that can be made out of the 7.

    You have 10 10. The Community cards are A 4 9 3 3

    Your best cards are 10 10 3 3 A

  • 9 years ago

    In poker, the best 5-card hand possible, between all of the players at the end of the hand, wins the hand. Whether it includes either or both of the cards you hold isn't important. For instance. say that 5 cards on the board ended up being all hearts, and nobody still in the hand at the end even had another heart to play as a higher heart flush. The winning hand is just those five cards, and the pot would be divided. But if you have , say, an ace of hearts, you'd have the higher flush.

  • 9 years ago

    You must use at least three of the cards on the board to make a five-card hand. If the board doesn't help you then you have one pair with three kickers.

    Example: you have 88, the board is AKJ29. Your five-card hand is 8-8-A-K-J.

  • 9 years ago

    You use the BEST 5 cards out of the 7 available to you. This might include both, one or neither of your hole cards.

    Omaha, OTOH, has 4 hole cards and you must use exactly 2 of them, no more and no less.

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  • 9 years ago

    You should stick to snap.

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