..what is the worst possible hand a player can ever hold after the river has been shown?
I was asked this earlier and to their surprise I got it right quite quickly. I peronally don't think it's that hard a question but they did, hence why they were surprised when I got it.
Well, it will be a single card, with 7 cards in play after the river to make the best possible hand, and to avoid making a straight I suppose it will be nine high?
2, 3, 4, 5, 7 community cards, 89 in hole. or some similar combination?
Originally posted by Winters: Well, it will be a single card, with 7 cards in play after the river to make the best possible hand, and to avoid making a straight I suppose it will be nine high?
2, 3, 4, 5, 7 community cards, 89 in hole. or some similar combination?
Yes you're right. The worst possible hand is High Card: 9.
Most people say High Card: 7 apparently becasue theey only think of five cards rather than the 7 available. And some fall into the trap of saying High Card:6, failing to realise that this is impossible as it would mean the hand being a straight.
Well high card: 9 can tie so to win out right, the worst possible hand is high card: 10. The weakest high card: 10 hand is 2, 3, 4, 5, 10
So the board would be? Hole cards would be? And remember, I asked the weakest hand which could also be a winner - which implies that it will have beaten a yet weaker hand..... You also need to factor in all 7 cards, 5 of which are shared.
It's a tough one this, but worth 5 minutes of brain power!
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Well it's rather obvious from the answer I gave that the winning hand must contain a 10 and the losing hand must contain a 9. Therefore the hole cards of the winner will be 10 along with one of the following: 2,3,4,5,7,8. The hole cards of the loser will be 9 along with one of the following: 2,3,4,5,7,8 where this card will be of the same rank as that of the winner's other hole card.
The community cards will therefore need to be five of the following: 2,3,4,5,7,8. Of these six ranks, the one not appearing in the community cards will be the rank common to both players' holes.
I wonder if anyone has ever won with high card: 10 in the history of the world, ever. Some poorer players might have but I can't see it happening otherwise. Hmm.
I wonder if anyone has ever won with high card: 10 in the history of the world, ever. Some poorer players might have but I can't see it happening otherwise. Hmm.
The only scenario I can envisage is if the table folds to the blinds preflop, SB with low suited connectors or one-gaps calls the BB who checks. Both then check a rubbish board to the river.
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