Player poker with friends = - EV
EV=Expected value
I don't play with anyone anymore who is my friend unless I don't mind losing the cash. It's just not a good idea. Lost a friend cuz of a few heads up matches.
http://boardgames.about.com/cs/poker/a/texas_rules.htm
"Players can use any combination of the community cards and their own two hole cards to form the best possible five-card Poker hand."
http://www.pokerlistings.com/poker-rules-texas-holdem[y/URL]
" The remaining cards and the fact Player 1 also has a pair means nothing - only the best five-card hand factors into deciding the winner."
[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_hold_'em#Rules"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_hold_'em#Rules
"...if the hand involves fewer than five cards, (such as two pair or three of a kind), then kickers are used to settle ties (see the second example below)"
http://www.pokerlistings.com/strategy/beginner/how-to-determine-the-winning-hand
"You must make the best hand possible using exactly five cards
All five cards are used in deciding the strength of the hand
No cards outside of the best five have any bearing on the strength of the hand"
http://texas-holdem-rules.flopturnriver.com/
"The object of the game is to make the best five-card poker hand possible using your two hole-cards and the five community cards. "
http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/games/texas-holdem/
"All players in the game use these shared community cards in conjunction with their own hole cards to each make their best possible five-card poker hand."
There. Now you have all the evidence you need. Every single no limit hold em poker rule set agrees.