Five Card Draw

Five Card Draw is the game that is played at a lot of kitchen tables, and a lot of people grew up with. In this game, the purpose is to come up with the best possible hand of five cards after the draw.

Draw variations are always played with blinds, just like flop variations. Each player gets five closed cards. The first player after the big blind can fold, call or raise.

Round 1: blind bet

Suppose that the bets would be $1/$2, the player on the left side of the dealer (the small blind) places half the minimum bet ($0,50) and the player next to him (the big blind) places the whole minimum bet ($1).

Round 2: five closed cards dealt

All players then get 5 closed cards.

For instance:

1st betting round
The first betting round starts at the player on the left of the big blind. This player needs to place the minimum bet of $1. He can also decide to raise, or fold. All other players can call, fold or even re-raise.

Round 3: draw

All players can exchange their cards against other cards.

2nd and last betting round
Now the betting round starts at the player left of the button. The other players have the possibility to call, raise, fold or bet (if the previous player checked).