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5
Card Draw Poker
This section will inform you on gaming procedures,
rules, and policies of BubbasCasino.com’s game
of Five Card Draw. Click
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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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