Who wins in a 2nd high card situation

[Billy1980]

I was playing in a house game the other night and a situation came up.

The table had AAQ47

I had AJ or AAAQJ using table cards

The other guy had A3 or AAAQ7 using table cards

Who won? I thought I should have because my jack beat his 3. But others thought that only the first high card mattered and that we should split the pot. Thank you in advance for your informative answer.

[Johny]

You're AAAQJ beats his AAAQ7.

The best five card hand wins.

[Billy1980]

Can anyone give me an official rule link to this? My buddies are just going to tell me Im full of sh*t if I say some guy said so off the internet. I really tried to find something about it but I couldnt. So even a link to a complete set of Hold Em rules adressing this would be helpfull.

[kainARGH]

you have 3 of a kind aces with a queen jack kicker

he has 3 of a kind aces with a queen seven kicker


queen jack high beats queen seven high - would be how i'd explain this as a poker dealer

[Johny]

http://www.texasholdem-poker.com/hands.php

Here's the link.

[kainARGH]

heres another linky and to quote the site:

http://www.pagat.com/vying/pokerrank.html#standard

7. Three of a Kind

Three cards of the same rank plus two other cards. This combination is also known as Triplets or Trips. When comparing two threes of a kind the hand in which the three equal cards are of higher rank is better. So for example 5-5-5-3-2 beats 4-4-4-K-Q. If you have to compare two threes of a kind where the sets of three are of equal rank, then the higher of the two remaining cards in each hand are compared, and if those are equal, the lower odd card is compared.

[Billy1980]

Ty Johny and kainARGH for your help. Basically the other night I got screwed out of doubling up my money on an all in situation. Oh well, thats what I get for not knowing the rules well enough to push others to find out the right answer.

[Johny]

No problem. I would suggest printing Hold 'em rules for your home game. That way you'll be able to solve problems until everyone grasps all the rules.