Five Card Draw
Five Card Draw is the game many people grew up playing around the kitchen
table. In this game, 🌜 your goal is to make the best five-card hand after one draw. Like
Hold'em, it's a game that's easy to 🌜 learn, but difficult to master.
What is Five Card
Draw? Rules of the game.
Draw games are played with blinds and a 🌜 button, just like flop
games. Each player is dealt five hidden hole cards. The first player after the big
blind 🌜 has the option to fold, call, or raise. Action continues clockwise around the
poker table until betting is complete for 🌜 the round.
How to play Five Card Draw
Once
the first round of betting is complete, there is a draw. Each player 🌜 selects which (if
any) cards they want to discard by clicking on them. By clicking a second time on a
🌜 card that you have planned to discard, you remove it from the discard set. Discarding
continues around the table clockwise. 🌜 When it is your turn to discard, you press the
button to confirm you wish to discard the selected cards. 🌜 After the first draw, there
is another round of betting, beginning with the first active player to the left of 🌜 the
button. So, the sequence of action is: Five cards dealt to each player Betting round
#1, beginning with first 🌜 active player to the left of the big blind Draw Betting round
#2, beginning with first active player to the 🌜 left of the button Showdown (if
necessary) In draw games, it is possible for more cards to be needed than 🌜 are remaining
in the deck. In this case, the cards are reshuffled, and play continues using the new
deck. For 🌜 more information on reshuffling in draw games, please see Reshuffling the
Deck.
How do you determine the winner in Five Card 🌜 Draw?
The player with the best
five-card hand wins the pot. After the pot is awarded to the best hand, a 🌜 new game of
Five Card Draw is ready to be played. If two or more hands have the same value, 🌜 the pot
is equally split between them. There is no precedence of suit for the purposes of
awarding the pot.
Where 🌜 can I learn to play Five Card Draw online for free?
If you are
unfamiliar with Five Card Draw poker, we 🌜 recommend you try that poker game out first to
get a feel for how it’s played. You are always welcome 🌜 to play on free poker tables at
PokerStars, and sharpen your skills before playing real money poker. PokerStars also
offers 🌜 advice to help you learn about different poker games, plus free strategy tips.
You can find this information in our 🌜 How to Play section. Finally, if you like to play
other draw variants, we recommend you check out Triple Draw 🌜 2-7 Lowball or Single Draw
2-7 Lowball; both of which are very popular poker games as well. These games are 🌜 a nice
change of pace from the amazingly popular Texas Hold'em game, and they are also
available in our poker 🌜 tournaments selection. As well as Five Card Draw, we also offer
many other poker variants. See our Poker Games page 🌜 to learn more.
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