Rules
Five-Card Draw Poker · Rules
Everyone receives five private cards. There are no community cards; one exchange of zero to five cards is allowed.
Objective
Build the highest five-card poker hand after one exchange and two betting rounds.
Deal and setup
Everyone receives five private cards. There are no community cards; one exchange of zero to five cards is allowed.
How to play — step by step
- Receive five private cards and complete the opening betting round.
- Choose zero to five cards to exchange; only one exchange is allowed per deal.
- After the exchange there is one final betting round.
- At showdown the five private cards alone determine the hand; there are no community cards.
Important rules to remember
Play example
You may keep all five cards or exchange some or all of them once. No community cards are revealed in this variant.
Key terms
- blind
- Mandatory opening stake
- call
- Match the current bet
- raise
- Increase the total bet for this round
- showdown
- Comparison of hands