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Your ace can take a seat.

The river is down. Both players are still in the hand. Who gets the pot?

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Both players make 5-6-7-8-9. A straight uses all five places in the hand, so there is no extra ace or queen kicker. Split pot.

Your best five: Straight

Their best five: Straight

Comparison uses standard PokerStars hand-ranking rules.

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