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Five Card Draw Poker

Five Card Draw is the oldest poker game, and still one of the best.

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	Before the Hand	The Hand	The Play	Order of Play	The Showdown

Before the Hand

Each player must ante.

The Hand

Each player has a five card hand, with all cards dealt face down. You may replace cards, but your hand can never contain more that five cards.

The Play

1- Each player is dealt 5 face-down cards.
2- The first betting round proceeds at the lower betting limit
3- Each remaining player may replace from 0 (none) to five of the cards in his/her hand.
The player must decide which cards to discard before receiving the new ones.
4- The second betting round proceeds at the higher betting limit.
5- Showdown

Order of Play

Action starts to the left of the big blind and proceeds clockwise. When drawing cards, the player to the left of the Dealer Button draws first and the draw proceeds clockwise. For the 2nd betting round, action begins to the left of the Dealer Button and proceeds clockwise.

The Showdown

At the Showdown the high hand wins. Each player must use all five cards from his/her hand. Click here for more information on how to play poker and for poker hand rankings.