I am very new to poker. I was playing online and this hand came up. I am the ninjaSequenzia. Don't I have a King hight straight? What am I missing?

Any help would be great.

name the 5 cards that you think make up your hand

I am going to take a guess here (since as much as I hate to admit it years ago I used to think this way).....

I could be wrong but are you thinking that what you had was K A 2 3 4 .... if so, unfortunately in a single hand of Holdem for a given player Ace plays high OR low but not both

So you can have a straight ending with A or a straight starting with A but NEVER an A in the middle of a straight

Also, on this topic, a strait must be ALL five cards, there aint no such thing as a 4 card straight (that is called a strait draw)... (again hate to admit it but another one I thought worked when I was much younger)

In this case you only had a pair of 2's , with A (K Q) for the kicker ( kicker would only matter if the other guy didnt have anything better than the pair of 2's either)

Hope this helps

@Goon Thanks for the detailed response. Makes sense now. I did think you can have a straight with the A in the middle but I understand now that you can't. I am trying to learn the game. Thanks Again.

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