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Five Card Draw
Poker
This section will inform you on gaming
procedures, rules, and policies of Global
Sports Network’s game of Five Card
Draw. Click
here for a screen shot.
is abbreviation for Rules.
Game
Summary
PLAYERS: The game is played by 2-5
players.
DECK: A standard 52-card deck is
used.
BETTING STRUCTURES: Five Card Draw
can be played as a Limit, Pot limit or No
limit game.
BUTTON AND BLINDS: The game is played
with a dealer button, a small blind and
a big blind just like Texas Hold’em. The
player to the left of the dealer posts a
small blind and the player to the left of
the small blind posts a big blind before
the cards are dealt.
THE DEAL: Five cards face down are
dealt to each player.
PLAY: After the deal, the first
betting round starts. At the end of the
first betting round, each player may discard
and draw up to five cards. A second round
of betting ensues, followed by the showdown.
SHOWDOWN: The winner of the hand
is the player who holds the highest hand
according to universal poker hand rankings.
Dealing
the Game of Five Card Draw
Before the Deal:
The Dealer Button:
The dealer button is a graphical representation
(“D”) of which player is the
“dealer.” Although our dealer
will be dealing the game, the player who
has the button placed in front of his seat
gets to play his cards as if he were the
actual dealer. When the cards are dealt
to players, they are dealt in a manner as
if the player was actually dealing in a
live environment.
Blinds:
Because we have a player “on the
button” we now ask two players to
post the large and small blinds. The purpose
of the blinds is to put forced money into
the pot that gives players an incentive
to enter the hand. However, only two players
will post the blinds.
The first blind is called the “small
blind”. This bet is usually half the
minimum bet of the game, although in some
games, the fraction is slightly different.
So, in a $2-4 game the small blind will
be $1.
The second blind is called the “big
blind” and is always the same size
as the game’s minimum bet, e.g., in
a $2-4 game, the big blind is $2.
The player directly
to the left of the button will have the
“small blind.” The player directly
to the left of the small blind will have
the “large blind” of the full
amount or the lowest game limit.
Opening Deal:
Now that we have a Button and small
and big blinds, we are ready to deal. The
dealer always
deals from the player closest to the dealer’s
left. Moving clockwise around the table,
the game will “deal-in” each
player. The players will be dealt five cards
face down. A round of betting will occur
starting with the player seated to the left
of the big blind.
Betting on Opening
Deal:
The player seated to the left of the big
blind will always have the action on the
opening deal. This player may not check,
but rather can only fold, call, or raise.
The game will now advance to each player
seated asking to fold, call, or raise until
we reach the big blind for an action decision.
If no one has raised by the time the play
comes back around to the big blind, the
big blind has the option to “check”
his own BLIND wager or raise.
Once all players have completed the first
round of wagering, they will proceed to
discarding cards and drawing new cards.
Discarding Cards
After the first betting round each player
is asked to discard and draw from zero to
five cards. This is done by clicking the
cards that the player wants to discard.
These cards will be shaded and slightly
raised to indicate that they have been selected.
Once the player is satisfied with the selections
made, cards are discarded and drawn by clicking
the DISCARD button.
A player may chose not to discard any cards.
This is done by clicking the STAND PAT button.
Standing pat means no cards will be discarded
and drawn.
When all players have discarded and drawn
cards, the second betting round starts.
Second Betting Round
The second betting round starts with
the first player seated to the left of the
dealer button. The options available to
this player is to fold, check or bet. Should
the player fold or check, the next player
in turn will have the same options as the
first player. If the first player bets,
the next player to act will have the option
of folding, calling or raising. Before a
player acts, the number of discarded cards
for that player is displayed to everyone.
The rules state that this information should
be available until there has been action
after the draw.
In fixed limit games there is a maximum
of four bets allowed in each betting round.
A bet, a raise, a re-raise and a cap. A
cap is the third raise in a betting round,
after which no more betting is allowed.
Pot limit and No limit games allow for an
unlimited number of bets and raises.
After the second betting round is finished,
the showdown follows.
Who shows first?
The determination
of which players’ cards will and must
be shown first will lie with the player
who had initiated the action or with the
person who had initiated the last bet, raise
or re-raise. This simply means that whoever
had the last action must show his/her cards
first.
Suppose a Player wins
by default?
A player who has a winning hand does not
have to show his/her cards if his/her bet
was not called.
Do Players have to show
their Cards if they call a bet on the Last
Betting Round?
Players are not required
to show their cards if, and only if, they
are not the player who had the last action.
If a player calls a bet and sees that he/she
cannot win, he/she may fold his/her cards.
Who wins?
In our poker room, as with all, “cards
speak.” The winner will be decided
based on the universal poker hand rankings.
Five
Card Draw Blind Rules
All players must
pay for their blinds in full before they
are allowed to get the button. Therefore,
the player who had posted the small blind
in the prior hand will receive the button
on the next deal of any game.
Missed Blinds Rules and Procedures:
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Missed big blind.
If a player misses the big blind for
any reason, then that player may not
play in any hands until the sum of all
blinds are made up. The game will place
an “ML” button in that seat
to declare the missed big blind. The
game will ask the next active player
to the left to post the big blind for
the hand. If the missed player returns
to the game before the big blind comes
back to his/her seat, the player is
required to make up the sum of all blinds,
“Post all.” The small blind
portion is dead and must be put into
the pot before the hand is dealt. However,
a player may avoid posting dead by waiting
for the big blind to arrive at his/her
seat naturally
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Missed small
blind. If a player misses the
small blind for any reason, then that
player may not play in any hands until
the small blind is made up. The game
will place an “MS” button
in that seat to declare the missed small
blind. The game
will ask the next active player to the
left of the big blind to post a big
blind for the hand as well. The
original big blind player will “catch
a break” and get the button on
the next hand. The player who had missed
the small blind cannot return until
after the button has passed. If the
missed player returns to the game before
the big blind comes back to his/her
seat, the player is required make up
the small blind. The small blind is
dead and must be put into the pot before
the hand is dealt. However, a player
may avoid posting dead by waiting for
the big blind to arrive at his/her seat
naturally.
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