Triple Draw 2-7 Poker Rules
Deuce to Seven Triple Draw is a 5 card draw game. A maximum 6 players can play in Deuce to Seven Triple Draw. The intent is to make the lowest hand. Each player is dealt 5 cards and the goal is to make the lowest possible 5 card hand. There are four rounds of betting and three draws in this game. After each round of betting players choose cards to discard, anywhere from 0 to 5, and the dealer then replaces the cards. After the third and final draw there is one last round of betting.
Hand Ranking
In Deuce to Seven Triple Draw players try to make the lowest possible 5 card hand. The hand rankings are the inverse of the hand rankings in a regular high game.Aces play for high only. Deuces are therefore the lowest card and the best card to have. Because you are trying to make the lowest possible hand, straights and flushes count against you. This means that 23456, for example, is a straight and a very bad hand. The best possible hand you can make is 23457 with no flush. This hand is called a wheel. The next best hand is 23467, again with no flush. This hand is often referred to as Number 2. Likewise, 23567 is referred to as Number 3 and so on.
Because Aces play for high 2345A is not a straight. It is the best possible Ace-low you can make and is called the "Nut Ace". 2345K is the "Nut King". 23457 is the "Nut 7" and so on. AKQJ9 is the worst possible unpaired hand you can make, since your goal is to make a low hand. 22345 would be the next best hand after that. Trips are worse than pairs. Straights are worse than pairs and trips. Flushes are worse than straights. And full houses are worse than flushes. The worst hand you can hold in this game is a Royal Flush.
Betting Order
A dealer button determines the order of betting and discarding. The player directly to the left of the dealer button posts a live small blind and the player two to the left of the dealer button posts a live big blind. Each player is dealt 5 cards and there is a round of betting. The first betting round starts with the player to the left of the big blind, just as in Texas Hold'em. Each player in turn has the option to call, raise or fold.
After the first round of betting is complete, each player who has not folded has a chance to draw. Players are prompted in order to discard any cards they wish to replace in their hand. The first player to act is always the player closest to the left of the button. Players can discard from zero to 5 cards. If a player chooses to discard zero cards he is opting to stand pat. After a player acts on his hand and decides how many cards to discard the next player is prompted in turn to discard and so on until all remaining players in the pot have acted on the draw.
After each player has decided on their discards, the dealer begins replacing their cards in turn. For example, if the first player discards 3 cards (and receives 3 cards), the second player discards 2 cards (and receives 2 cards), and the third player discards 1 card (and receives 1 card). After the draw is complete, there is another round of betting. The players then have an opportunity to draw again. After the second draw is complete, there is another round of betting. The players then have one more opportunity to discard. After this third and final draw, there is one more betting round.
Betting Amounts
Deuce to Seven uses the same betting structure as Texas Hold'em. During the first two round of betting the limit is the small bet. So, if the game was a $1/$2 game during the first two round of betting a player could call or raise in $1 increments. The second two rounds of betting the limit is the big bet. In our example, a player can call or raise in $2 increments.
Insufficient Cards
In the event insufficient cards remain to complete the hand, the mucked and discarded cards are shuffled and used to complete the hand.
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