FIVE CARD DRAW POKER RULES
Five Card Draw is the oldest poker game, and still one of the best.
If you run across any concept that seems unfamiliar to you, please
visit at our Basic Poker Rules page for
additional information on how to play poker.
Before the Hand
| The Hand | The Play |
Order of Play | The
Showdown
Before the Hand
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Each player must ante.
The Hand
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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
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- Each player is dealt 5 face-down cards.
- The first betting round proceeds at the lower betting limit
- 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.
- The second betting round proceeds at the higher betting limit.
- Showdown
Order of Play
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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
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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.
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