The remaining hands are compared
One player left means no comparison. Two or more means the higher category wins the pot.
PageNo kicker table, no side pot, and no bet amount. When the categories differ, the higher one on the hand rankings wins.
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One player left
No comparison
A fold leaves that hand. If everyone else folds, there is no second hand to compare. The player still in takes the pot.
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Two or more
Higher category
When betting ends and two or more players remain, the hands are compared. Hold'em uses the best five cards from two hole cards and five community cards. The higher category on the hand rankings wins the pot.
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Omaha and PLO5
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Hole cards
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Board
Omaha and PLO5 use exactly two hole cards and exactly three board cards. They do not pick any five cards from seven.
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The same category
When the category matches, this page does not name a winner. No kicker table and no side pot are published. Short Deck does not use the Hold'em order. On that page a flush ranks above a full house, and three of a kind versus a straight changes only in some rulesets.
Questions
No. Hands are compared when two or more players remain. If one player is left, that player takes the pot.