This week’s term is kicker. In poker, a kicker—also called a side card—is a card that doesn’t determine the rank of a hand but is used to break ties between hands of with the same rank.

For example, if one player has K, Q and another player is holding K, J, and the board falls K, 9, 4, 6, 9, then both players have two pair (kings and nines); however, the player holding the queen will outkick the other player for the pot.

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