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Deuce to Seven Triple Draw
Introduction
Deuce to Seven triple draw is a lowball poker game with three draws. Following are the detailed rules.
Rules
- Player may or may not make an ante bet, according to the table rules.
- Each player is dealt five cards face down.
- First round of betting takes place.
- Each player may discard zero to five cards.
- Second round of betting takes place.
- Each player may discard zero to five cards.
- Third round of betting takes place.
- Each player may discard zero to five cards.
- Fourth round of betting takes place.
- The lowest ranked poker hand wins.
- Aces are HIGH unless in an A2345 straight.
- Straights are flushes are enforced. Thus, the lowest hand is 2-3-4-5-7 of two or more suits.
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General Rules to Betting
The following rules to betting are common to most forms of poker.
- As in most forms of poker, there is a positional advantage to acting late around the table. To make it fair, a lamer saying “dealer” will rotate around the table clockwise one position per hand.
- It does not matter who deals the cards, but the player with the dealer lamer will enjoy a position advantage of acting last that round.
- The player immediately to the left of the dealer lamer must act first and then clockwise around the table.
- There is usually a mandatory small blind and big blind in the first round of betting. These are fixed amounts, like a small blind of $1 and a big blind of $3. The player immediately to the left of the dealer makes the small blind wager and the player to the left of him makes the big blind wager. After that, all other players may fold if they wish.
- If a player raises, any re-raises must be at least the amount of the previous raise. For example, if player A raises $10 and player B wishes to reraise, his wager must be at least $20.
Betting Limit Terminology
- Structured: In structured betting, raises may be only specified amounts. There are usually two numbers, one for the early rounds of betting and the other for the later rounds. For example, a $5/$10 game would mean that in the early rounds of betting raises must be exactly $5 and $10 in the later rounds. In games with four rounds of betting, like Texas Hold ‘Em, the first two rounds go by the first number and the second two by the larger number. Also, the small blind is equal to the lower number.
- Pot Limit: In pot limit games, there are minimum raise rules, as in structured games. However, the maximum raise would be the amount in the pot prior to the raise. For example, in a $5/$10 game with $80 in the pot, in the first two rounds of betting the minimum raise would be $5 and the maximum would be $80.
- No Limit: In no limit games, there are the same minimum raise rules as in structured games. However, there is no maximum raise, other than the maximum stack of all opponents at the game.
Poker Etiquette
- The biggest infraction of poker etiquette is probably the string bet. Bets are supposed to be in a simple single action. Adding to a bet already made or a bet not matching a declaration is a string bet.
- If you wish to raise, you should declare that before your action.
- If you declare your action, it should contain only one verb. For example, “I bet $20” or “I raise $10.” If you say something like “I call and raise,” then it will be the first verb stated that counts and you must only call.
- Check raising is absolutely allowed. This means to check and then make a re-raise in the same round. This used to be considered bad etiquette and even banned at some tables. However, it is now a proper tool in strategy to prevent players in late position from stealing the pot after a round of checking.