by James McDougal
Sunday ,5 Jul 2009
Play Deuce to Seven Triple Draw online now. See if you can assemble the lowest scoring hand when you enjoy this unique Poker challenge for yourself.
Introduction and Objective
Deuce to Seven Triple Draw is a unique poker variant which can be played with a maximum of 6 players. The aim of the game is to assemble the lowest scoring 5 card hand. The game is played with 4 rounds of betting and 3 different draws. Each draw allows a player to discard anywhere between 0 to 5 cards in exchange for replacements.
Dealing
As in hold’em, Deuce to Seven Triple Draw uses a dealer button. The player positioned to the left of the button places a small blind. The player positioned two places left of the button places a big blind. 5 cards are then dealt to each player and the first round of betting can commence.
Bets and Draws
• The player to the left of the big blind starts the betting and players choose to call, raise or fold as desired.
• Players who do not fold may choose to draw and discard undesired cards beginning with the player closest to the left of the button.
• Each player takes it in turn to discard between 0 to 5 cards. Players who do not wish to exchange cards are standing ‘pat’.
• The dealer deals the relevant number of replacement cards to those who have discarded.
• A second round of betting occurs.
• Players choose to draw or stand for a second time and replacements are dealt.
• A third round of betting occurs.
• Players are given a final chance to discard undesired cards.
• A final round of betting occurs.
• In the event that there are insufficient cards to complete a draw, the muck (the discarded cards) are reshuffled and reused.
Bets
• The first two betting rounds have a small bet limit.
• The final two betting rounds have a big bet limit.
Hand Rankings
Hand rankings work in the opposite way to regular high games with traditionally high scoring hands such as flushes and straights working against you. A full house is therefore worse than a flush and a flush is worse than a straight etc. The best hand is a 23457 whilst the worst is a Royal Flush. Aces are high so a 2345A is not a straight but is called a ‘Nut Ace’ – the best possible hand you can make with an ace. (A Nut 7 would be 23457 whilst a Nut 8 would be 23458). If in doubt, simply reverse the hand scorings for traditional poker.