Five Card Draw Poker Strategy 

Are you ready to go old school today? I mean really old school? A game that you rarely see spread anymore inside a casino, but is still found in home games and even online is Five Card Draw. When you start playing five card draw you’ll no doubt commit some of the beginner mistakes. It is important when playing any poker game that you limit your mistakes, in order to limit your mistakes you must know what mistakes are commonly made by beginning players. First you must be patient. In five card draw you don’t get many options to make a good hand and you need to be able to display patience to be successful. Without patience in five card draw you’ll be throwing your money away.

The object is simple; you try and make the best five-card poker hand. You can discard one time and take up to five cards. For those new to the game, you may notice that some people practically know what you have based on your drawing habits. Let's take a look at what many draws typically mean. Note that these standards may not apply to a table full of expert draw players. However, in most normal games, these will work just fine.

Try to avoid setting an image for yourself at the table, to do this you need to keep switching up you playing style every so often. Don’t always fold when you have nothing and don’t always raise when you have a good hand. Try mixing things up with a couple of bluff or slow plays to keep your opponents on their toes and guessing which is much better then being a predictable five card draw player.