Five Card Draw

Five Card Draw is a dying game. It is usually dealt six handed and can be limit, pot limit or no limit. The player to the left of the dealer button posts a small blind which is usually half of a small bet. In $1/2 it would be $.50. The player to the left of the small blind posts the big blind which equal to one small bet which would be $1. The first player pays what is called the small blind which is half of the amount that other players will have to call to see the flop. If there are no raises the small blind must double his bet to see the flop. The big blind puts up the amount equal to the amount other players will have to pay to draw.

The Draw

All players still in the hand have the option of drawing. Players have the option of drawing between zero and five cards. After the draw the first player still in to the left of the dealer button has the option of checking or betting. After all of the action is finished the last bettor shows his hand. If everyone checked then the first player left to the left of the button shows first. If players can beat that hand then they show or if they lose then they muck. The winner is determined by the best poker hand using all five cards.

Rake

Online poker rooms usually take 5% up to $3 from the pot. Live poker rooms usually take 10% up to $4 or $5. Your rakeback is based on the amount of rake the house takes out of the pot. The rake is usually seen to the dealer’s right. Online you can either hover over the pot or the rake box to see how much rake was taken during a hand.