When two or more players have hands of the same value during the showdown or in other words a tie happens, split pots in Texas holdem rules is followed. That simply means that money in the pot is divided among the players who won. Texas holdem is a community game, where it uses exposed communal cards in the center of the table and each player combines with it their two hidden cards to form the best poker hand.

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To better understand the game of Texas you must know the basic terms used in the game. Suits are spades, hearts, diamonds and clubs. Suited is the term for having the same suit. Rank refers to the order of the cards, example Jack, Queen and Ace. Split pot happens when multiple players tie for a hand, then pot is split up evenly among the winners. Kicker refers to the other cards left over after a hand is declared.

The type of suit a player has is not a tie-breaking factor either. If you still have the same five card hand after evaluating the ranks, the pot is split evenly among all the winning players. The winning hand is the highest five card hand. A sixth or seventh card is never used to break a tie.

An example situation where a split occurs; Player A has 4-J and Player B has 3-J. The community card is composed of 10-7-9-8-2. In this case the pot is split because both players can make a jack high straight. Kickers do not apply because the best possible five card hand is the straight.

Another example is that if two players have a pair of aces and the community card is composed of K-10-8-J-3. The pot will be split in this example, unless one of the players can make a flush from the community cards. Therefore this player will be awarded the pot because his card has a better weight when evaluated.

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