# Poker rank of hands question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 14, 2002, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-rank-of-hands-question/132225 "2002-10-14T13:24:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-rank-of-hands-question/132225/1 "2002-10-14T13:24:22Z")
In a hand of 5-card draw, only Smith and Jones remain. Smith has: Queen of hearts Queen of diamonds King of clubs King of spades Ace of diamonds Jones has: Queen of clubs Queen of spades King of hearts King of diamonds Ace of hearts Do they split the pot? ---
**Author:** ![Lazlo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lazlo/32/9678_2.png) [@Lazlo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lazlo)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-rank-of-hands-question/132225/2 "2002-10-14T13:30:07Z")
Yep, it’d be 50-50. ---
**Author:** ![Lazlo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lazlo/32/9678_2.png) [@Lazlo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lazlo)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-rank-of-hands-question/132225/3 "2002-10-14T13:33:46Z")
I guess I should give more info. Only the rank matters when determining winning hands. Although the suits do have an order to them (Spades, hearts, diamonds, clubs from highest to lowest), they aren’t taken into account. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-rank-of-hands-question/132225/4 "2002-10-14T13:37:00Z")
So, flushes (or straight flushes) of equal strength in different suits would also split? ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-rank-of-hands-question/132225/5 "2002-10-14T13:44:21Z")
So, flushes (or straight flushes) of equal strength in different suits would also split? ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-rank-of-hands-question/132225/6 "2002-10-14T13:48:56Z")
Yep. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-rank-of-hands-question/132225/7 "2002-10-14T14:10:12Z")
Ranking of suits is a factor in bridge. It is meaningless in poker. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-rank-of-hands-question/132225/8 "2002-10-14T14:56:54Z")
One final question, please. If the pot cannot be split evenly, who gets the extra dollar/penny/chip? ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-rank-of-hands-question/132225/9 "2002-10-14T14:59:44Z")
they go to a Hotel, and rent a room for $50 for 3 people…😉 ---
**Author:** ![malaka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@malaka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malaka)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-rank-of-hands-question/132225/10 "2002-10-14T15:12:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Libertarian \* > \*\*One final question, please. If the pot cannot be split evenly, who gets the extra dollar/penny/chip? \*\* Let it ride… > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Libertarian \* > \*\*Do they split the pot? \*\* Yes, unless they have a [Royal Fizzbin](http://www.reluctantdba.com/FizzBin/default.aspx) ! ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-rank-of-hands-question/132225/11 "2002-10-14T15:13:12Z")
I’d leave the extra money in the pot for the next hand, if the player’s couldn’t agree to just give one or the other the money. Or else, draw high card for it, I suppose. The rank of suits is really meaningless in Poker, so that doesn’t come into play. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-rank-of-hands-question/132225/12 "2002-10-14T15:27:34Z")
> [@](#): > > One final question, please. If the pot cannot be split evenly, who gets the extra dollar/penny/chip? In encountering this very conundrum, my poker pals and I simply left it in the pot to be won on the next hand. I don’t know what the official rule is. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-rank-of-hands-question/132225/13 "2002-10-14T15:55:11Z")
The rule on who gets the ‘odd’ chip varies. The most common rule is that it goes to the player closest to the dealer, starting from the dealer’s right. So if one of the players was in last position, he’d get it. Sometimes it’s reversed, and the player who was in earliest position (i.e. the one who had to act first in the last round) gets the money. That’s the case for hold’em games, where the position doesn’t change between rounds. In seven card stud and draw, where the position changes relative to the highest exposed card and not in comparison to the dealer’s position, I think it goes to the person who was first to act in the last round. But I don’t play a lot of 7-card stud these days, so don’t quote me on that. ---
**Author:** ![muttrox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a8b319/32.png) [@muttrox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muttrox)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2002, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-rank-of-hands-question/132225/14 "2002-10-15T12:50:05Z")
What you’re hearing is mostly “house” rules, as opposed to any official set of rules. Im not sure there is any official set of codified poker rules that is viewed the world over as a final authority. So their can be multiple answers to the rules on some of the very fine points, like splitting the odd dollar on a split pot.