In poker, the kicker is a card that is used to break ties between two hands of the same rank. For example, if two players both have a pair of eights, the hand with the higher kicker wins. The kicker is the highest ranked card in a player’s hand that is not part of the ranking combination (e.g. a pair, three of a kind, straight, etc.). In the case of a tie, the kicker card is used to determine the winner of the pot. It’s important to pay attention to kickers when playing poker, as they can often mean the difference between winning or losing a hand. For example, if a player has a pair of eights with an Ace kicker and their opponent has a pair of eights with a King kicker, the player with the Ace kicker wins the hand (Ace is the highest kicker, then the king, queen, and so on).