Chop pot or kicker play

Question

poker question for you, this the board...AKKJ5. Player 1 has AJ, player 2 A8. Is it a chop or does the Jack kicker play?

Answer 1

Chop pot. If your playing straight up Hold Em the best 5 cards play, be they in your hand or on the board. In this case everyone can make an AAKKJ hand. P2 only used one of their hole cards but in vanilla play it doesn't matter what 5 cards are used.