2-7 Triple Draw Poker Rules
1. What is 2-7 Triple Draw?
2-7 Triple Draw is a five-card lowball draw variant. Each player 6️⃣ is dealt five cards and try to make the lowest possible five-card hand. Aces are high in 2-7 Triple Draw.
Here 6️⃣ we go over the poker rules for 2-7 Triple Draw.
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2. How to Play 2-7 Triple Draw
There are four rounds of 6️⃣ betting and three draws. After each round of betting, players choose how many cards they want to discard, anywhere from 6️⃣ 0 to 5, and the dealer deals them replacement cards.
After the third and final draw there is one last round 6️⃣ of betting. A dealer button determines the order of betting and discarding.
3. 2-7 Triple Draw Strategy
There is plenty of 2-7 6️⃣ Triple Draw strategy available on the PokerNews website. Here are some of our favorites:
4. 2-7 Triple Draw Hand Rankings
Because you 6️⃣ are trying to make the lowest possible hand, straights and flushes count against you. This means that 6x5x4x3x2x, for example, 6️⃣ is a very bad hand. It is not considered a 6-low. It is a straight and is therefore worse than 6️⃣ holding AKQJ9.
The best possible hand you can make is 7x5x4x3x2x with no flush. This hand is called a wheel or 6️⃣ Number 1. The next best hand is 7x6x4x3x2x, again with no flush. This hand is often referred to as Number 6️⃣ 2. Likewise, 7x6x5x3x2x is referred to as Number 3 and so on.
Because Aces play for high Ax5x4x3x2x is not a 6️⃣ straight. It is the best possible Ace-low you can make-also called the Nut Ace. 8x5x4x3x2x is the Nut 8 or 6️⃣ Eight-Perfect. 9x5x4x3x2x is the Nut 9 or Nine-Perfect and so on.
AxKxQxJx9x is the worst possible unpaired hand you can make, 6️⃣ since your goal is to make a low hand. 2x2x5x4x3x would be the next best hand after that.
The worst hand 6️⃣ you can hold in this game is a Royal Flush. Trips are worse than pairs. Straights are worse than pairs 6️⃣ and trips. Flushes are worse than straights. And full houses are worse than flushes. So, the hand rankings are the 6️⃣ inverse of the hand rankings in a regular high game.
Here are the top ten best hands in 2-7 Triple Draw:
Rank 6️⃣ Hand Nickname 1 7-5-4-3-2 Wheel, Number 1 2 7-6-4-3-2 Number 2 3 7-6-5-3-2 4 7-6-5-4-2 5 8-5-4-3-2 Nut Eight, Eight 6️⃣ Perfect 6 8-6-4-3-2 Eighty-Six Smooth 7 8-6-5-3-2 8 8-6-5-4-2 9 8-6-5-4-3 10 8-7-4-3-2 Eight-Seven Smooth
5. Difference Between Perfect, Smooth and 6️⃣ Rough in 2-7 Triple Draw
You will often hear 2-7 Lowball Draw players refer to hands as either perfect, smooth or 6️⃣ rough. But what do these terms mean?
Perfect
When a player describes their hand as perfect they mean that they are making 6️⃣ the lowest possible hand for their highest card. Let us explain.
If someone announced 'Ten Perfect' this would be they held 6️⃣ a 10x along with 5x4x3x2x, making it the best ten they could make. The next best hand would be the 6️⃣ worst nine. Similarly, if someone declared 'Nine Perfect' they would hold the best possible nine 9x5x4x3x2x
This is usually used for 6️⃣ any perfect hand apart from 7x5x4x3x2x where a player would declare 'Wheel' or 'Number 1'.
Smooth
Smooth refers to having a very 6️⃣ good low end of your hand. For example, a player might say that they hold an 'Eighty-Six Smooth'. This would 6️⃣ refer to a player holding 8x6x along with 4x3x2x.
Similarly, someone could announce a 'Ten-Eight Smooth' which would be 10x8x along 6️⃣ with 4x3x2x - the best bottom end of a ten.
Rough
A rough hand is the opposite of a smooth hand, and 6️⃣ refers to when a player has a bad high-end of their hand. For example, a player might say that they 6️⃣ hold a 'Rough Nine' where their hand is 9x8x7x4x2x. This would indicate that their Nine wasn't a particularly good one.
6. 6️⃣ 2-7 Triple Draw at the WSOP
Whereas 2-7 Single Draw first appeared at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in 1973, 6️⃣ 2-7 Triple Draw didn't appear on the WSOP schedule until 2007 when aR$1,000 Rebuy event was added.
The buy-in increased toR$2,500 6️⃣ from 2008-13, before in 2014 increasing again toR$10,000 with the introduction of the 2-7 Triple Draw Championship. 2014 also saw 6️⃣ the introduction of aR$1,500 buy-in 2-7 Triple Draw Event.
WSOP 2-7 Triple Draw Championship 2007-19
Year Buy-in Entries Prizepool Winner Payout (USD) 6️⃣ 2024R$10,000 100R$940,000 Luke SchwartzR$273,336 2024R$10,000 109R$1,024,600 Nicholas SeikenR$287,987 2024R$10,000 80R$752,000 Ben YuR$232,738 2024R$10,000 125R$1,175,000 John HenniganR$320,103 2024R$10,000 109R$1,024,600 Tuan LeR$322,756 6️⃣ 2014R$10,000 120R$1,128,000 Tuan LeR$355,324 2013R$2,500 282R$641,550 Eli ElezraR$173,236 2012R$2,500 228R$518,700 Randy OhelR$145,247 2011R$2,500 309R$702,975 Leonard MartinR$189,818 2010R$2,500 291R$669,300 Peter GelencserR$180,730 6️⃣ 2009R$2,500 257R$593,400 Abe MosseriR$165,521 2008R$2,500 238R$547,400 John PhanR$151,896 2007R$1,000+R 209R$721,804 Rafi AmitR$227,005
WSOPR$1,500 2-7 Triple Draw 2014-19
Year Buy-in Entries Prizepool Winner 6️⃣ Payout (USD) 2024R$1,500 467R$630,450 Robert CampbellR$144,027 2024R$1,500 356R$480,600 Hanh TranR$117,282 2024R$1,500 326R$440,100 Brian BrubakerR$109,967 2024R$1,500 358R$483,300 Andrey ZaichenkoR$117,947 2024R$1,500 388R$523,800 6️⃣ Benny GlaserR$136,215 2014R$1,500 348R$469,800 Todd BuiR$124,510
What happens when there are not enough cards to complete the draw? When this happens, 6️⃣ the muck has to be reshuffled and the draw is completed after the reshuffle.
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