An example of showdown hands:
- Player A has a pair of aces with a king as a high card kicker.
- Player B also has a pair of aces but his kicker is a queen. This means he loses out to player A.
- Player C holds three of a kind. His pocket nines (hole card pairs are known as pocket pairs) match with the community card nine and give him a strong three of a kind. He’s in a good position!
- Wait a minute! Player D has an even stronger hand! By using the nine, ten and jack, he has made a straight (eight to queen)
- Finally, player E reveals his hand. With his same suit diamond hand he uses the three diamonds on the board and makes a flush, collecting the pot!
