5 Card draw

shoutman

Hey my extended family are planning on having a game of this on stephens' day and although I know how to play I have no idea about the strategy involved in winning.

Anyone got any advice

cheers

roryc

nope



dont have a clue

shoutman

cheers rory hehe

I've done my best to try and convince my da to play some hold em or omaha or something but he aint for budging

kincsem

Automatic boards ban for mentioning 5 card draw. Only joking.

From memory past St Stephens night poker games include -

People can show their cards to others.
It is compulsory to play out of turn.
Half the table are pissed.
If it is Jacks to open you will be asked a hundred times "what is it to open?"
Some old dear will come in after fifteen minutes with tea and cake.
You will be sitting too near the fire.
You can't bet against you father-in-law; mother-in-law; or your own parents.
You will end up with more change that if you were on the mother of all pub crawls.

But I have fond memories of -

I had 589 hearts and drew two. I was dealt 67 hearts. One player had a house, another a straight, and another two pair. Ha ha ha

Another year after a game had broken up there was a knock on the window by two of the players who had just left. We opened it and were bombarded by a volley of snowballs.

You have been warned.:v: :v: :v:

RasTa

I started poker on that whilst traveling but i cant at all remember how to play it. For instance when the hell does all the betting take place!

The_Chopper

shoutman wrote:

Hey my extended family are planning on having a game of this on stephens' day and although I know how to play I have no idea about the strategy involved in winning.

Anyone got any advice

cheers

This is probably really obvious - but watch for how many cards people draw against you.

Draw 3 they have a pair or 2 high cards
Draw 2 - probably trips
Draw 1 - Some draw or 2 pair
Draw none - well could be anything but most likely to be a straight or flush.

Also mix it up, in the home game you might have just Ace high - but only draw two cards in an attempt to bluff later.

The one thing about 5 card draw that I find different then holdem is that reading of players is even more important - as you won't be gaining information off a communal board

Washout

you could turn it into Kansas City Loball to spice it up....same rules cept the worst hand wins