On the board is A J J 2 2Player A has J 3Player has J 2which player wins the pot?

Question

On the board is A J J 2 2Player A has J 3Player has J 2which player wins the pot?

Answer 1

split.

Answer 2

Split. You both have jjj22... Jacks full basically.

Answer 3

surly you already know the answer to this question. if not I hope your playin for real money.

Answer 4

Think of it this way.

You would split the pot because you both take your 5 best cards.

Both of you obviously want to use your 3 Jacks against each other. But there are only two cards left that each player can use against eachother.  A pair of 2s beats an A 2 but the other player can't have JJJ 222, he can only have JJJ 22 and you just us your Jack in your hand to match the next players 3 Jacks and then you use the pair of duces for your other two card slots just as the other guy does.

Answer 5

You always play the 5 best cards... in your hand + on the table

Answer 6

Split pot. Both players have a full house, Jacks over 2's.

Only the best 5 cards play.

Answer 7

It's a split pot.

Remember it's always the best five cards in Hold'em.

So the best hand either player can make is JJJ22.  It doesn't matter that the sixth card is a 2 for one player, because there is no such hand as JJJ222.  That would be six cards.

As for the issue of kickers, they can only come into effect if they can beat the board as the fifth card.

Now if the board was AJJ24 it would be a little different.  Because one player would have a full house JJJ22 and the other player would merely have trips JJJA4.