Poker: how does this kicker work... player one has Q5. player two has Q6. The table...

Jeffrey

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...drops QQK42.? Who wins the pot? I thought its a split pot cause the high hand is QQ with a K kicker. Others tried to tell me player two wins cause his 6 is the kicker with a higher 5 cards (QQQK6 beats QQQK5). Please help. thank you very much.
 
The Q6 wins, you take the best 5 card hand, which is QQQK6. If say the 2 or 4 was a 7, then it would be a split pot with both of you having QQQK7.
 
the Q6 (6) kicker plays because in hold'em it's the best 5 card hand which is QQQK6. But most likely these types of hands will end up chopping the pot.
 
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