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FIVE CARD DRAW
1. The dealer announces the specific rules for the variation of five
card draw he wants to play.
2. Options the dealer has: The dealer may opt to play with a wild
card of his/her choosing. The most common choices are deuces,
Jacks, or just the one-eyed Jacks. The dealer could select any
card he/she desires to be wild. The dealer may opt to play
without a wild card.
3. The dealer declares what will be required to open the hand.
Usually it takes a pair of Jacks or better, or the dealer can call
any pair open, or “guts” to open (anything at all can open the
hand).
4. The dealer declares what is necessary to win the hand. When no
wild card is used, the best hand wins (providing the player has
the required openers). When wild cards are play, you MUST
have at least three of a kind or better to win the pot.
5. If no one has openers, there is a replay. Every player antes again
and is dealt a new hand. If the hand is opened but there is no
winner, there is a replay, every player antes again and is dealt
anew hand (providing the player did not fold on the preceding
round).
6. There is a three-replay limit; thereafter, anything can open and
the best hand wins.
7. After all the rules are explained, each player is dealt five cards.
8. After the players see their cards, the option of opening or
passing begins with the player to the left of the dealer and
rotates around the table. If the hand is opened, then each
player following the opener has the option of folding, calling or
raising.
9. After the first round of betting is complete, players starting with
the opener may ask, in rotation, for one, two or three cards to
try to improve his/her hand. The player must first discard the
cards to be replaced.
10. After all players get their new cards, the betting or checking
begins with the opener and rotates clockwise around the table.
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