In Texas holdem, there is a pair of Kings showing and a pair of Queens showing and a four. One person has an Ace and a three, and the other person has a pair of eight. Who wins? Is it the person with two high pair with the Ace kicker or is it the person with a pair of eights in their hands? Thanks for your help.

Full Tilt Poker pro Jeff Madsen won the 2010 Borgata Winter Poker Open, taking home over $625,000 for the victory. This payday brings Madsen’s career tournament earnings to more than $3 million.

The 2010 Borgata Winter Poker Open, which takes place annually in Atlantic City, attracted a total of 766 players for its $3,500 buy-in Main Event, creating a prize pool worth more than $2.5 million.

Madsen took the chip lead with seven players remaining at the final table and dominated the action thereafter, knocking out four of the final six players. Nearly even in chips with his opponent at the start of heads-up play, Madsen wore him down over time and took a 2-to-1 chip lead. The final hand came when Madsen’s K-10 held up versus his opponent’s Q-2, sealing the victory for Madsen.

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Andy Bloch wins a big pot at the WSOP because of the basic mistakes two of his opponents make.

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