5 Card Draw
Online Five Card Draw is
the game many people grew up
playing in the living room
with their friends. 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, it's a very
popular online poker room
game.
Five card draw is played
with blinds, 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.
Once all the players have
their cards there is the
first of 2 betting rounds
and players have the 3
options: fold their hand,
call the big blind (bet
equal to the big blind) or
raise (bet a higher amount).
After all players have
acted, the players who stay
in the hand have a chance to
change or improve their hand
by discarding up to 5 of
their cards and getting the
same number of new cards
back. They also of course
have the option to keep all
their cards in their hand.
There is then a second
round of betting followed by
a showdown, at the showdown
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 Draw is ready to be
played.
The Joker
- The players will be
alerted as to whether
the joker is in use.
- The joker may be
used only as an ace, or
to complete a straight,
flush, or straight
flush. (This it is not a
completely wild card.)
- If the joker is used
to make a flush, it will
be the highest card of
the flush not present in
the hand.
- Five aces is the
best possible hand (four
aces and joker).
