In holdem poker, a hand that is similar to another hand but has a lower kicker, is a "dominated" hand. If you hold K8 and your opponent had KQ, your hand is dominated buy the higher kicker. You need to draw the 8 because the K won't make your hand better against your opponent. Your hand can also be dominated if your hand has far less outs than your opponent.
An Ace Queen dominates an Ace Jack because the kicker card is higher.
Starting hands that are so strong they will ususally beat other hands
A hand that has very low chance of winning in relation to the opponents hand. i.e. AQ vs AA.
In Hold'em, a hand that is similar to another hand but has a lower kicker. For example, AQ dominates A8 because even if an ace come, AQ still has a better hand. To win, the person with A8 would need to hit an 8 without the other player hitting a queen or would need to hit a weird straight or flush. Someone whose hand is dominated has few outs and thus little chance to win.
Hand - A hand that will almost always lose to a better hand that people usually play. For instance, K3 is "dominated" by KQ. With the exception of strange flops (e.g. 3-3-x, K-3-x), it will always lose to KQ.
A hand that yields three or less outs which makes improving it very difficult.
When one player has the same high card and a better kicker. For instance the player with AK has the player with AQ dominated. This is the source of much of your profit in hold-em.
A hand which is beaten by another, where both hands hold a hand of equal rank. For example, the hand 74 is dominated by the hand 97.
In a hold-em game, when a player has a similar hand to another player, but has the lower kicker. For example, KJ dominates K2 because if a king were to come about, the KJ would the better hand due to the queen as the kicker. A player who is dominated has
When one player's hole cards are highly favored against another's, usually by sharing cards of the same rank. Eg. QQ dominates AQ, AQ dominates AT
When two hands share a card of a particular rank, the hand with the lower 2nd card (or kicker) is said to be dominated.