Can't win

[Azues]

So, I don't know too much about poker; though I do know that two pairs beat one pair (Max had one pair and beat me, I had two queens and two fours; he had two queens) and a straight beats a pair (I had a straight 2,3,4,5,6 and strong bad had a pair) but Strong bad beat me again. Wtf? it's only 5 bucks and I mainly got it for Tycho and Max; but c'mon, least make it work.

[Jake]

By any chance, was there a side pot going on at the time?

[Amy Lukima]

Did you match the bet?

[Azues]

Yeah there was, and we were both all in.

[Azues]

Ah..quick definition of what side pot means and I got it..that's a pretty dirty rule.

[Origami]

Wasn't there a pair on the board already?

EDIT: What? No. Nothing dirty about a sidepot.

[Azues]

You can go ahead and close this thread; my bad.

[HoboStew]

Yeah, we only announce the winner of the biggest pot. If there is a side pot with a different winner, that wont get called out, but the money should all be in the correct place. You can get into some crazy sidepot situations and we didn't want to spend 10 minutes calling out a bunch of names when the pot resolves, so we took the shortcut of just announcing the winner of the big $$$

[Jub]

I noticed a few times, it'll announce the winner, but give the pot to somebody else. No sidepot was in play, Max and I were all In, he beat me with a flush, yet pot went my way?

[frenchtoaster]

I witnessed a very similar situation; I had 2 pair and Max had 1 pair and it announced that Max won. Only the 2 of us were in.

I was all in, so it sounds like what happens is that I go all in, 2 other players call and they bet. One of them ends up folding, then even though I end up in a 1v1 situation for the remainder of the hand it announces the other player as the winner since he won money from the player who folded earlier.

This is actually pretty confusing as a player, but I'm not sure how to fix it.

[The-J23]

Originally Posted by frenchtoaster

I witnessed a very similar situation; I had 2 pair and Max had 1 pair and it announced that Max won. Only the 2 of us were in.

I was all in, so it sounds like what happens is that I go all in, 2 other players call and they bet. One of them ends up folding, then even though I end up in a 1v1 situation for the remainder of the hand it announces the other player as the winner since he won money from the player who folded earlier.

This is actually pretty confusing as a player, but I'm not sure how to fix it.

That's called a side pot. It is in the rules of poker. No fix.

[Guhndahb]

Originally Posted by The-J23

That's called a side pot. It is in the rules of poker. No fix.

Indeed, it's not the side pot that's the problem, it's just the game only gives results for one of the pots. And since this situation often arises when one of the players with little money goes all-in and then the side pot ends up bigger, the side pot gets the results and the primary pot doesn't. Once you know that's why it's happening and know to expect it, it's no biggie as the game pays out correctly. But for people new to the game or new to poker it's going to be confusing.

[SHODANFreeman]

Once against Max, we were both holding a queen which formed a straight, but my kicker was better, and it was a draw or something, no winner was announced and I didn't get the pot. I also know nothing about poker rules, so is this some weird rule?

[Guhndahb]

Originally Posted by SHODANFreeman

Once against Max, we were both holding a queen which formed a straight, but my kicker was better, and it was a draw or something, no winner was announced and I didn't get the pot. I also know nothing about poker rules, so is this some weird rule?

Did both of your straights have the same value high card? If so, then I think this would still be a draw as I believe only the best five-card hand matters. With a straight I don't think there is a kicker.

[furrykef]

Yeah, no such thing as a kicker when you have a straight. You only get to use five cards to make your hand.