If you and an opponent have the same five-card poker hand, then the pot is split equally between you. Say you've A♦J♣ and your opponent has A♠J♦, and the board comes A♣8♦2♣3♥10♥. You both can be enjoying the same five-card palms in phrases of their worth (A-J-T-8-3), and so would break up the pot. The complete variety of poker palms in a game of poker is 2,598,960.