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The First-Timers Guide to Playing 5 Card Draw Poker
Card Value Start by familiarizing yourself with the order of card values. The card with the lowest value is 2 and this goes all the way up till you reach the suits. Aces are the cards with the highest value.
Types of Hands The next thing to familiarize yourself with is the different card combinations you make, often referred to as hands. A single pair of cards is the easiest to make, but it also ranks the lowest in the hierarchy. Next in line would be two pairs, followed by having three of a kind.
The lowest five-card-hand would be a Straight. This is composed of 5 unsuited cards of consecutive value, such as 9, 10, J, Q, K. A Flush is higher than a Straight, and its composed of 5 cards of the same suit. A Full House is composed of a pair and three of a kind. Four of a Kind is the third highest hand you can have. Next would be a Straight Flush, which is simply a combination of two hands. And finally, you get the Royal Flush this is composed of the cards A, K, Q, J, 10 of the same suit.
Judging Hands If you and your opponent/s are holding the same hand, the one with the higher value or suit of cards wins.
Card Exchange In 5 Card Draw, players are allowed to exchange their cards even after the first betting round. How many cards theyll be able to exchange will, however, depend on the playing rules predetermined in your table. Of course, you also have the option of not exchanging your cards, and this is referred to as “staying”.
When a player opts to have his cards exchanged, he can get the same number of cards from the deck.
Placing Your Ante 5 Card Draw starts with each player placing his ante or bet into the pot; antes are simply the initial bets made by the players on the table.
Dealing of Cards Unlike other poker variants, 5 Card Draw allows players to have five cards each in their hand.
Betting Rounds Each player is allowed to bet or pass. When the round is completed, the cards should then be gathered from the players. After this, players will be asked to place their antes again into the pot.
Winning The rounds will continue on until all players had either exchanged their hands or have chosen to stay. When the rounds had been completed, each player will then be asked to reveal his hand. The player with the best hand wins the pot.
See? Didnt we tell you it was easy to play 5 Card Draw?
Learn 7-card Stud Rules for a Different Poker Game
In Germany, 7-card stud is a very popular poker game next to Texas HoldEm. However, 7-card stud rules are different than those of holdem, so if you intend to play this game, you do need to learn these rules. In Seven Card Stud, each player has to ante. This means that each player has to pay an amount of money into the pot in order to receive any cards. The size of the ante is decided upon before the game starts and usually depends on the stakes in the game. This is the case in German poker games, just as it is in US poker games.
After each player has paid the ante, the dealer deals each player three cards. Two of these are face down and the third card is face up so that all the players have an idea of what each one has. The player that has the lowest ranked card showing is the first one to place a bet based on this card and the other two. At this point some players may fold rather than place a bet if they feel their cards are not worth playing.
Once all the players remaining have placed their bets, the dealer deals another face up card to each player. Then there is another round of betting, but this time the player that starts the betting is the one that shows the highest ranked hand. He/She can decide to place a bet or check, which means the player is not going to bet at this time, but does have the option to bet or raise later in the round.
In the fifth and sixth rounds of this popular German poker game, each player receives an additional face up card. A round of betting ensues after each card is dealt, with the player showing the highest hand being the first to place a bet. The seventh card is your last card and the dealer will give this to you face down. Now you have three cards that only you can see and four cards that all the other players can see. You have to make a winning combination of five cards from these seven cards.
In 7-card stud, you have a pretty good idea of what the other players have because you can see four of the cards. However, it is possible for you to have four cards showing that on their own are not really any good and have two three really good cards that the others cant see. For example, you could only have one pair showing, but you could have the other pair in your hand, which gives you a winning hand with four of a kind.
Unlike Texas HoldEm and Omaha poker, you dont share any community cards with your opponents, so you can concentrate on what you have before you. It is also easier to determine whether you stay in the game and continue betting when you can see a portion of what the other players have. It is safe to assume that a player showing garbage cards and keeps bidding does have something good in the hole cards, but there is also the possibility he/she may be bluffing.