For example, a player with the K ♣ J ♣ 9 ♣ 7 ♣ and the J ♥ has a pair of jacks and may open. The player who opened the betting keeps their discarded cards near them on the table so that they can prove, if necessary, that they had a sufficient opening hand. If no player opens, a new deal begins and everyone antes again into the same pot. Other players who checked on the first round may subsequently call or raise if someone else opens. On the first betting round, no player is allowed to open the betting unless their hand already contains a pair of jacks or a better hand. It is always played with an ante and no blinds. Played as above, with standard hand values, and with a single joker in the deck acting as a bug. Other draw games Gardena jackpots ('Jacks to open' or simply 'Jackpots') This is often the first poker variant learned by most players, and is very common in home games although it is now quite rare in casino and tournament play. Some sample deals below will assume that a game is being played by four players: Alice, who is dealing in the examples, Bob, who is sitting to her left, Carol to his left, and David to Carol's left. In casino play, it is more common to use blinds the first betting round thus begins with the player to the left of the big blind, and subsequent rounds begin with the player to the dealer's left, thus draw games are very positional. In home games, it is typical to use an ante, and betting always begins with the player to the dealer's left.

They also make no assumptions about what betting structure is used.

The descriptions below assume the reader is familiar with the general game play of poker, and with hand values (both high and low variations).

JSTOR ( November 2014) ( template removal help)ĭraw poker is any poker variant in which each player is dealt a complete hand before the first betting round, and then develops the hand for later rounds by replacing, or 'drawing', cards.

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