5 Card Draw Poker Rules : Beginner's Place

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5 Card Draw is a poker game in which each player receives five cards dealt face down. There are one or two betting rounds. Those players who stay in on the first round have a chance to change or improve their five-card hands by replacing none, some, or all of their cards. After players receive replacements (in an exchange known as the draw), there might be a second round of betting, followed by a showdown. At that point, the highest hand among active players (those remaining in contention for the pot) wins the pot.

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1. Have each player place his or her ante into the pot.
2. Deal each player five cards.
3. Have the player to the dealer's left bet or pass. If he passes, play is deferred to the player on his left. The player on the left may then either bet or pass.
4. Gather the cards if every player passes. Ante again, and have the player to the dealer's left deal a fresh hand.
5. Have subsequent players either call, raise or fold after a player opens a hand by betting.
6. Give each of the surviving players - once everyone has either bet or folded - the option to exchange some cards for an equal number from the top of the deck.
7. Start another round of betting after every player in the hand has either exchanged his cards or stayed.
8. Have the players who have not folded show their hands following the betting round.
9. Let the player with the highest hand take all the poker chips that are in the pot.

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* One Pair is any two cards of matching numerical value.
* Two Pair is two different pairs of cards.
* Three of a Kind is three cards of matching numerical value.
* A Straight is five cards in numerical order (3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 7, 8, 9, 10, J, for example) with the cards belonging to various suits.
* A Flush is five non-sequential cards belonging to the same suit.
* A Full House consists of a Three of a Kind and a Pair in one hand.
* Four of a Kind is four cards of matching numerical value.
* A Straight Flush is a Straight with all cards belonging to the same suit.
* A Royal Flush is the 10, Jack, Queen, King and Ace of a single suit.

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Royal Flush - A hand with A, K, Q, J and 10 all of the same suite
Straight Flush - A hand with all five cards in sequence and of the same suit
Four of a Kind - A hand with four cards of the same rank
Full House - A hand with three cards of one rank and two cards of another rank
Flush - A hand with all five cards in the same suit but not all in a sequence
Straight - A hand with all five cards in sequence but not all in one suit
Three of a Kind - A hand with three cards of the same rank
Two Pair - A hand with two cards of one rank and two cards of another rank
Pair - A hand with two cards of the same rank
High Card - No other combination, the value of the highest card wins

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