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Message: [QUOTE="quinton, post: 1600472, member: 74103"] forgive me if i describe this badly, i am new to poker so i've played online of rplaychips for a while, and i've watrtched a lot of poker on tv and i'm confused about the kicker some people tell me that your kicker has to come from your 2 hole cards but i have watched some tv shows where the the best hand and the kicker all come from the 5 cards on the board having played online poker i have also seen (been beaten by a higher kicker from someone elses hole cards when there is a higher kicker on the board) the kicker come from the hole cards and not from the board (like there is a king kicker on the board but i lose because i have a jack kicker in my hand and my opponent has a queen kicker: say if there are 4 aces on the board and 1 king should it not be a split pot with the king acting as kicker? that is what happened when i was watching poker on tv the other day i'm confused, can anyone illuminate this for me plz? [/QUOTE]