Do I have two pair here?

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I'm fairly new to poker and I was berated at a tourney recently when I announced that I had two pair:

Board was 2c-4h-Kh-Jd-4d
I held Ah-Jh

At showdown I announced two pair and was shouted down. They told me that I don't really have two pair because one pair is a community pair. Don't I still have two pair here?
 
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You do still have 2 pair, it's just a weaker hand when 1 of those pairs is on the board.
 
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yupp two pair with the best kicker possible

I'm wondering who shouted you down the dealer or just another player?

if it was another player just laugh
 
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It was the TD that shouted me down! Did I use the wrong term? As I understand it the best five card combination I could make was two pair EVEN though one pair is on the board!
 
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Did you win? In that situation at showdown just say I have a J.
 
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Yeah I won the hand - I was up against a smaller heart flush draw!!!
 
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In poker, your hand is the board

You had 2 pairs within those 7 cards. So yes, you do have two pair.
 
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The tourney director is a jerk.

You had 2-pair. There is absolutely nothing wrong with what you did.


I would probably never play at that place again considering how the director treated you. He obviously has no clue.
 
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You were right they were wrong,
 
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The tourney director is a jerk.

You had 2-pair. There is absolutely nothing wrong with what you did.


I would probably never play at that place again considering how the director treated you. He obviously has no clue.

Are they hiring?
 
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OFC it's two pair, this designation is like 3 of a kind, there's no distinction based on how many of your hole cards you used to make the hand. I wonder what they would consider a board like JJ755 and the two players at showdown have A4 and A8, does that mean nobody has two pair then?

I would send a complaint letter to the management of this place and see if you can get some comps of some kind, if not then tell them to flush their cards down the toilet.
 
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