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Showdown

The Texas Hold'em Showdown

Once the fourth Betting Round is completed, if more than one Member remains active in the game, there is a "Showdown". In the Showdown, each active Member may utilize any combination of his/her 2 Pocket cards and the 5 Community Boardcards, to create the highest valued 5 card Poker hand (see Poker Hand Value Chart below).

For the Showdown, Members may use any of the following combinations, to create the highest valued Poker hand:

1. Both Pocket Cards & three Community Boardcards.
2. One Pocket Card & four Community Boardcards.
3. All five Community Boardcards (referred to as "Playing the Board").

Pacific Poker Online follows Standard Poker Rules for determining Poker hand value (see Poker Hand Value Chart below). The active Member who creates the highest valued Poker hand wins the Pot, minus the Pot won by any Members holding higher valued All-in hands (see Pacific Poker Online's All-in Policy below) and the " Rake" (see "Limits, Antes and Rake" section of this site).

If the active Member with the highest valued Poker hand is " All-in" (see All-in below), that Member receives the Pot total, up until the time that they were All-in. (A Texas Hold'em Poker game can have as many All-in Pots as there are active Members, minus one.) The remainder of the Pot goes to the active Member with the next highest valued Poker hand.

The Omaha Hi Showdown

Once the fourth Betting Round is completed, if more than one Member remains active in the game, there is a "Showdown". In the Showdown, each active Member utilizes any 2 of his/her 4 Pocket cards and any 3 of the 5 Community Boardcards, to create the highest valued 5 card Poker hand (see Poker Hand Value Chart).

Pacific Poker Online follows Standard Poker Rules for determining Poker hand value. The active Member who creates the highest valued Poker hand wins the Pot, minus the Pot won by any Members holding higher valued All-in hands (All-in Policy) and the "Rake" .

If the active Member with the highest valued Poker hand is "All-in" , that Member receives the Pot total, up until the time that they were All-in. (A Omaha Hi Poker game can have as many All-in Pots as there are active Members, minus one.) The remainder of the Pot goes to the active Member with the next highest valued Poker hand.

Tie Hands

In the event that 2 or more active Members participating in the Poker hand's Showdown, hold equal ranking (by combination) hands, the winner is determined by the high card (i.e. a pair of Aces beats a pair of Kings).

Should the Poker hands remain tied (i.e. a pair of Kings vs. a pair of Kings), the highest valued card not held in common (the "Kicker") determines the game's winner.

In the event of exact ties in Poker hand value, between 2 or more active Members, the Table's Pot will be split evenly between those Members. In the event of extra odd Chip(s) the first winning Member to the left of the Dealer, in a clockwise fashion, will receive the odd Chip(s).

Auto Muck Losing Hand

Members participating in the Showdown, whose hands are of a lower value than an already showing hand, are offered the option to not show ("Muck") their losing hands to the other participants at the Table. The automatic Mucking of non-winning hands protects Members from unknowingly revealing his/her hand to the Table's other participants.

If a Member checks the "Auto Muck Losing Hand" box, his/her non-winning hand will automatically be Mucked, if there are higher valued hands already showing.
If a Member wins a hand by virtue of being the only remaining active Member, his/her winning hand will not be shown to the other Members participating at the Table by default. If this Member presses the "Show Hand" button, his/her winning hand will be shown to the other Members

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