Split pot

When the best hands tie exactly, the pot is shared equally between them.

Example

Both players play the same straight from the board, so they split the pot.

Also written: split, split the pot, chop, tie.

Related

• kicker A leftover card that breaks a tie between two hands of the same type.
• the board plays When the five board cards are everyone’s best hand, so nobody’s hole cards matter.

Practise it in 5 minutes Suits & ranks, a short free lesson.

Quads is for adults, 18 and over. It teaches with play chips only: there is no real money, ever.