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Board:

• 5♥, 3♥, Q♠, 5♠, Q♥

Key elements:

• Full house potential (Q full of 5s, 5 full of Queens, etc.)

• Trips and two pairs are also possibilities

• Suits could matter for flushes, but no 3+ matching suits on the board

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Player Hands and Best Combinations

Player A

Hand: K♣, Q♣, J♥, 2♠
Best 2 cards used: Q♣, J♥
From board: Q♥, 5♥, 5♠
Best hand: Queens full of Fives (Q-Q-Q-5-5)

→ Very strong, but not the best.

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Player B

Hand: 3♠, 3♦, 8♣, A♠
Best 2 cards used: 3♠, 3♦
From board: 5♥, 5♠, Q♥
Best hand: Two pair – 5s and 3s (Q-5-5-3-3)

→ Weak hand here.

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Player C

Hand: K♠, K♦, K♥, 5♣
Best 2 cards used: K♠, 5♣
From board: 5♥, Q♥, Q♠
Best hand: Queens full of Fives (Q-Q-Q-5-5)

→ Same full house as Player A.
But kicker matters:

• A's remaining cards: K♣ and J♥

• C's remaining cards: K♠ and K♦

→ Player C has the better kicker (pair of Kings), so they beat A.

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Player D

Hand: Q♦, 10♥, 10♣, 9♠
Best 2 cards used: Q♦, 10♣
From board: Q♥, 5♥, 5♠
Best hand: Quad Queens (Q-Q-Q-Q-5)

**→ Best hand at the table

• You can use exactly 2 hole cards and 3 board cards.

• Q♦ from hand + Q♥, Q♠ from board = Three Queens

• 10♣ is just filler, but the remaining 5 from board makes the fifth card

→ QUADS win over full houses.

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Final Rankings:

1. Player D: Quad Queens (Q-Q-Q-Q-5) ✅ Winner

2. Player C: Full House – Queens full of Fives (Q-Q-Q-5-5, with K kicker)

3. Player A: Full House – Queens full of Fives (Q-Q-Q-5-5, with KJ kicker, but K ties with C and loses on 2nd kicker)

4. Player B: Two Pair – 5s and 3s