The Five Card Poker game is widely believed to be the oldest variant of poker. From Five Card Draw Poker, the other poker variations have evolved over time. It's like the name implies Draw Poker, which you play with at least 2, but at most only 7 poker players. Much less than the 9 players in Omaha Holdem or the up to 11 players in the popular Texas Holdem Poker. Five Card Poker is played with a normal set of French playing cards, which has 52 hands.

Now to the process, this is noticeably different from Texas Holdem: You determine a teammate who is selected according to any rules or coin toss. Who that is does not matter. He then hands poker cards "open" to all poker players in a clockwise direction until a jack falls. The jack determines the player who is the dealer for the subsequent first Five Card Poker round. The dealer then changes clockwise after each round. Before the first betting round can begin, each player must still contribute the basic bet in the pot. The basic bet (Ante) is set in advance (especially if you play Five Card Draw Poker for free, you have to start somehow) or is determined by the height of the casino or the online poker room. Afterwards, each player receives five cards individually assigned. These poker cards are dealt face down. The remaining poker cards after the card issue are placed in the middle of the poker table as a "talon".

Even in Five Card Draw Poker, the goal is to get the highest card combination, or to trick the players through tricky and multi-faceted games, including the famous Bluff (s), to get the job done and get the pot.

First Round of Betting on Five Card Draw Poker

The player who sits to the left of the dealer (clockwise) can speak first. He has 2 options. He can wait carefully (check) and not make or he can make bet (bet) and make his wager into the pot within the limits set at the respective poker table.

All players can check, but if one player bets, the subsequent players have only limited possibilities. You can then hold the bet (call) and deposit the same amount into the pot. Raise the bet and bet more than the players previously fold. The poker cards are dealt face down as usual and the rounds as well as the bet made are lost.

So if one or more poker players have made a bet, the five-card poker round continues until all the players have called the call (hold) or until all players except one have left the round. The remaining player is the winner of the pot won until then.

As with Texas Holdem, a player in a betting round cannot raise 2 times if no other player has risen in between. The first betting round can be increased a maximum of 3 times next to the bet. Raise; re-raise follow the initial bet, the so-called cap completes the betting round.

Draw - Card Exchange

Here is the explanation of the draw, i.e. the exchange of cards after the conclusion of the first round. Cards of no value for the respective player can be exchanged face-down for new poker cards. From the talon you get the same number as you give. The number of cards that can be exchanged is usually 4, but sometimes no more than 3 or even 5 cards. If the poker table, casino or poker room does not pretend, for example at the free Five Card Draw Poker for free at home (eg as strip poker), then you should definitely set that before. The given poker cards are out of the game. When the cards are over, the Talon must first be cleared, and then the cards dealt are shuffled and dealt again until all players have their cards. Incidentally, the last card in the stack is never issued.

Second Round of Betting on Five Card Draw Poker

In the 2nd betting round, the player who last raised on the 1st betting round should not have raised anyone who opened the first betting round. If all but one fold the remaining player wins the pot, the poker hand will not be shown to the table.