Playing the board

Created by LawDude on August 5, 2009

Definition

When a player’s best 5 card hand is the 5 community cards. If all players are playing the board and nobody has cards that improve upon the community cards, the pot is chopped.

Example

The board is 9T78J and hero has 78. Hero plays the board, as the best hand he can form is the straigth on the board. If nobody else has a better hand, Hero can share in the pot.

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