a player with AK will outkick an opponent's AQ on a AJ932 board. At first, it can be quite a confusing concept to wrap your head around but once you have an understanding of what a kicker is, it's actually quite simple.Ī kicker is a card in poker that decides the winner if two or more players are tied with the same hand rank.
One questions I hear all of the time from poker players new to Texas Hold'em is “what is a kicker and when does it count?”.
