Exactly, in the situation that Kento explains, if you have an A, 7 and your competitor has an A,8 with say an K,Q,J,10,and say 4 all off suit as the community cards, the two of you would split the pot. Your goal is to make the best 5 card hand with any combination of your cards and the community cards.

Kickers only matter when you are playing a hand that does not require 5 cards, like a 3 of a kind, 2 pair, pair, etc.

As for the World Series of Poker, the World Poker Tour is coming to the Borgata in A.C. in less than a month. You better believe that I will be down there.