Quote Originally Posted by michael1123
He had the higher flush.

You had an AKT high flush, and he had an AKQ high flush. Just like with a hand with no pairs, its not just the highest card that determines hand ranking. Every card is used.

Now on that board, say he had a club below 8 (or even two), you'd split. With the Q, he wins.
I guess I've always played wrong then because if both of us had a club, but the board made it Ace high, we would both have an Ace high flush, and split. I didn't think the higher card won unless it was above the highest in the community cards, i.e. I had a 3, he had a 6, but the Ace high flush on the board gave us both an Ace high flush to split.