How to Play Five Card Draw Poker

Five card draw poker is a variant of poker that is also called the original game of poker. It may be said due to the fact that that most players learn five card draw poker first before learning any other variant out there. Five card draw poker is more familiarly played in home settings rather than in a casino or during poker tournaments.

Here's how you play five card draw poker. We'll start with the easy part (the things you need to play the game) and then move on to the rest of the action. The things you need to play five card draw poker are chips, a deck of cards, and two to eight players.

All players in five card draw poker will first ante up before the dealer deals any cards. This is the initial bet that everybody in the game makes and the total amount will be placed in the pot. This bet is made to ensure that all players will have something to vie for.

The dealer then deals five cards to each player on the table; the cards are dealt usually starting from the dealer's left and so forth. Everyone will then pick up their own cards on the table check out what cards they get. This is the part of the game of five card draw poker where the players get to evaluate if they have a chance to win or not.

After that, everyone will have the opportunity to either place another bet or to pass. After this round of betting is done, all the other players who are still in (didn't pass) get to trade one up to three of their own cards for new ones. A player who has an Ace has the privilege of trading the other four cards but needs to show the Ace. If ever you feel you already have a good hand then, by all means, you can retain all your cards and not trade them.

After everyone gets new cards everyone gets to bet again and make their decisions (call, raise, or fold). All the surviving players after this round have another chance to exchange some cards. The cycle continues and players get to place bets and make their moves again.

At this stage of five card draw poker, the remaining players on the table get to show their hands. The player with the highest hand takes all the chips in the pot. And that's already one game of five card draw poker from start to finish.

Five card draw poker is pretty basic and very easy to learn. Since you get to learn five card draw poker more times in a home setting or among friends, learning the game is quite congenial. After playing a few rounds you'll get the hang of five card draw poker and enjoy the action.