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Set of poker rules

Five-card draw (also known as Cantrell draw) is a poker variant that

is considered the simplest variant 🍊 of poker, and is the basis for video poker. As a

result, it is often the first variant learned by 🍊 new players. It is commonly played in

home games but rarely played in casino and tournament play. The variant is 🍊 also offered

by some online venues, although it is not as popular as other variants such as

seven-card stud and 🍊 Texas hold 'em.

Gameplay [ edit ]

In casino play the first betting

round begins with the player to the left of 🍊 the big blind, and subsequent rounds begin

with the player to the dealer's left. Home games typically use an ante; 🍊 the first

betting round begins with the player to the dealer's left, and the second round begins

with the player 🍊 who opened the first round.

Play begins with each player being dealt

five cards, one at a time, all face down. 🍊 The remaining deck is placed aside, often

protected by placing a chip or other marker on it. Players pick up 🍊 the cards and hold

them in their hands, being careful to keep them concealed from the other players, then

a 🍊 round of betting occurs.[1]

If more than one player remains after the first round,

the "draw" phase begins. Each player specifies 🍊 how many of their cards they wish to

replace and discards them. The deck is retrieved, and each player is 🍊 dealt in turn from

the deck the same number of cards they discarded so that each player again has five

🍊 cards.

A second "after the draw" betting round occurs beginning with the player to the

dealer's left or else beginning with 🍊 the player who opened the first round (the latter

is common when antes are used instead of blinds). This is 🍊 followed by a showdown, if

more than one player remains, in which the player with the best hand wins the

🍊 pot.

House rules [ edit ]

A common "house rule" in some places is that a player may not

replace more than 🍊 three cards, unless they draw four cards while keeping an ace (or

wild card). This rule is useful for low-stakes 🍊 social games where many players will

stay for the draw, and will help avoid depletion of the deck. In more 🍊 serious games

such as those played in casinos it is unnecessary and generally not used. However, a

rule used by 🍊 many casinos is that a player is not allowed to draw five consecutive

cards from the deck. In this case, 🍊 if a player wishes to replace all five of their

cards, that player is given four of them in turn, 🍊 the other players are given their

draws, and then the dealer returns to that player to give the fifth replacement 🍊 card;

if no other player draws it is necessary to deal a burn card first.

Another common

house rule is that 🍊 the bottom card of the deck is never given as a replacement, to

avoid the possibility of someone who might 🍊 have seen it during the deal using that

information. If the deck is depleted during the draw before all players 🍊 have received

their replacements, the last players can receive cards chosen randomly from among those

discarded by previous players. For 🍊 example, if the last player to draw wants three

replacements but there are only two cards remaining in the deck, 🍊 the dealer gives the

player the one top card he can give, then shuffles together the bottom card of the

🍊 deck, the burn card, and the earlier players' discards (but not the player's own

discards), and finally deals two more 🍊 replacements to the last player.

Sample deal [

edit ]

The sample deal is being played by four players as shown to 🍊 the right with Alice

dealing. All four players anteR$1. Alice deals five cards to each player and places the

deck 🍊 aside.

Bob opens the betting round by bettingR$5. Carol folds, David calls, and

Alice calls, closing the betting round.

Bob now declares 🍊 that he wishes to replace

three of his cards, so he removes those three cards from his hand and discards 🍊 them.

Alice retrieves the deck, deals a burn card, then deals three cards directly to Bob,

who puts them in 🍊 his hand. David discards one card, and Alice deals one card to him

from the deck. Alice now discards three 🍊 of her own cards, and replaces them with three

from the top of the deck.

Now a second betting round begins. 🍊 Bob checks, David checks,

Alice betsR$10, Bob folds, David raisesR$16, and Alice calls, ending the second betting

round and going 🍊 directly into a showdown. David shows a flush, and Alice shows two

pair, so David takes the pot.

Stripped deck variant 🍊 [ edit ]

Five-card draw is

sometimes played with a stripped deck. This variant is commonly known as "seven-to-ace"

or "ace-to-seven" 🍊 (abbreviated as A-7 or 7-A). It can be played by up to five players.

When four or fewer players play, 🍊 a normal 32-card deck without jokers, with ranks

ranging from ace to seven, is used. With five players, the sixes 🍊 are added to make a

36-card deck. The deck thus contains only eight or nine different card ranks, compared

to 🍊 13 in a standard deck. This affects the probabilities of making specific hands, so a

flush ranks above a full 🍊 house and below four of a kind. Many smaller online poker

rooms, such as Boss Media, spread the variant, although 🍊 it is unheard of in terrestrial

casinos.

Maths of Five-card draw [ edit ]

Pre-draw odds of getting each hand

Royal

flush <0.001%

Straight 🍊 flush (not including royal flush) <0.002%

Four of a kind

0.02%

Full house 0.14%

Flush (excluding royal flush and straight flush) 0.20%

Straight

(excluding 🍊 royal flush and straight flush) 0.39%

Three of a kind 2.11%

Two pair

4.75%

One pair 42.30%

No pair / High card 50.10%