Holdem Rules question

[Aceofone]

I was watching a 200$ two table tourney earlier where someone I know was playing, it got down to 4 left, top 3 paid.

The person I knew was shortstacked and went allin with AKs, Chip leader called with AJ, and the other shortstack had slightly more than my friend and went allin with QQ.

Board came up something like {10 J J A 2}, this gave the big stack jacks full, my friend 2 pair aces and jacks, and the other shortstack 2 pair queens and jacks.

My question is why my friend finished 4th when he had a better hand than the person who had QQ who finished 3rd as both were all in?

[fishstick]

i thought in a situation like this, tourney placing was determined by clock-wise table position if more than one player got knocked out on the hand???

[Humphrind]

If 2 people get knocked out on the same hand, the one who started the hand with more money gets the higher place.

[Xianti]

{Moved from Hold'em Strategies}



What Humphy said.


The other shortstack started the hand with more chips than your friend, so he finished higher. The fact that your friend had a better hand than the other shortstack does not matter. Both shortstacks lost to the best hand, the full house.

[Aceofone]

ok that makes sense.
sorry about posting in wrong category.

[fishstick]

i did not know that!

[Humphrind]

i did not know that!

And you call yourself a poker player.

For shame Fishy

[fishstick]

i did not know that!

And you call yourself a poker player.

For shame Fishy

well, as i NEVER bubble, it just hasn't come up!

[michael1123]

Haha, yeah, they've explained that rule like 20 times in WPT episodes. Come on, Fishy! :P

[Aceofone]

Haha, yeah, they've explained that rule like 20 times in WPT episodes. Come on, Fishy! :P

Argh, I have no cable, and in Canada I cant catch ESPN, I haven't seen poker on TV since I was in Seattle for a week.