How are you doing at the tables (Poker Thread)?

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Originally Posted by JohnnyFlake

No! That's not the way it works in any casino I've ever played in, and I've been playing in them for over 40 years. Both cards must play, and not as a kicker! With 4 of a kind, you must have two of them in your hand! With any five card hand, it's obvious that both cards in your hand must be part of the actual winning hand.

Actually it is the way its played. In Gardena CA casinos anyways.

The quads would constitute 4 cards and the 7 (since it's higher than any other card on the board not already being played) becomes the kicker.
So, in actuality, both hole cards are playing for the 5 card hand.

Now I know every casino sets their own rules, but in Southern CA many card casinos have that ruling.