Free Draw and Lowball Poker – 7 Games

• Everyone gets five cards. There are blinds of 5 and 10, a round of betting, and then you may throw away cards and draw new ones from the deck, followed by a final round of betting.
• You may draw up to three cards, or four if you hold an Ace. Keeping a pair and drawing three is the most common play. Keeping an Ace kicker with a pair is usually a mistake because it hides how strong you are.
• The number of cards an opponent draws is public. Someone who stands pat has a made hand, someone who draws one card has two pair or a four-card draw, and someone who draws three probably holds a pair.
• The best hand wins at showdown, using the normal poker ranking. Bets are 10 before the draw and 20 after it, with one bet and up to three raises in each round.

Play Five Card Draw Full rules

• The lowest hand wins. Aces are always high, and straights and flushes count as high hands, so the best possible hand is 7-5-4-3-2 with mixed suits. A hand of 8-high or 9-high is usually very good.
• You get three draws, with a betting round after the deal and after each draw, four rounds in all. Bets are 10 in the first two rounds and 20 in the last two.
• Keep low cards of different ranks and throw away pairs, high cards and cards that make a straight or flush. A hand like 7-5-4-3 plus any card that is not a 2 or 6 is a one-card draw to a 7 or 8 low.
• Watch the draw counts. A player who stands pat early probably has a strong low, and one who draws two or three cards each time is still building. Low hands that draw one card on the last draw are strong against someone who draws two.

Play 2-7 Triple Draw Full rules

• This is ace-to-five lowball, the same scoring as Razz. Aces are low, straights and flushes do not hurt you, and the best hand is A-2-3-4-5.
• It is played with three draws and four betting rounds, with bets of 10 in the first two rounds and 20 in the last two.
• Pairs are the enemy, so keep one of each low rank and throw away the rest. A hand such as 6-4-3-2-A is excellent, and 8-7-6-5-4 is a decent hand that loses to nearly every 7-low.
• Low cards are scarce once many are thrown away, so a draw to a 6 or 7 low is better than it looks. Compare your hand to how many cards each opponent is drawing.

Play A-5 Triple Draw Full rules

• You get four cards. Your hand is the largest set of cards that have different suits and different ranks. A hand with four such cards is a badugi, and it beats every three-card hand.
• Among hands with the same number of cards, the lowest wins, comparing from the highest card down. A-2-3-4 is the best badugi, and a 3-card hand like A-2-3 beats 4-5-6 but loses to any badugi.
• A card that matches another in suit or rank does not count, so a pair or two cards of the same suit leaves you with only a three-card hand. Aces are low, and the game has three draws and four betting rounds.
• Stand pat with a good badugi, such as a 9-high or better, and draw to three-card hands when you can improve. Bets are 10 in the first two rounds and 20 in the last two.

Play Badugi Full rules

• You get five cards and three draws. Half the pot goes to the best 2-7 lowball hand, which uses all five cards, and half goes to the best badugi, which uses up to four of them.
• In the 2-7 half, aces are high and straights, flushes and pairs count against you. In the badugi half, you want four cards with different suits and different ranks, and aces are high too, so the best badugi is 5-4-3-2 of four suits.
• The same cards must work for both halves. Hands such as 7-5-4-3-2 in mixed suits are strong in both, and winning both halves is called a scoop.
• Rules differ between rooms. For example, some use ace-low in the badugi half. This free table uses ace-high in both halves, with bets of 10 in the first two rounds and 20 in the last two.

Play Badeucey Full rules

• Single draw is 2-7 lowball with just one draw. The best hand is 7-5-4-3-2 in mixed suits, aces are high, and straights, flushes and pairs count against you.
• With only one draw, a pat 8 or 9 is a very strong hand, and many players draw one card to a good four-card low. A hand drawing two or more cards needs luck.
• How many cards your opponents draw is the main clue. Someone who stands pat is representing a made low, while someone who draws three has probably just a few low cards.
• Bets are 10 before the draw and 20 after it, with one bet and up to three raises in each round.

Play 2-7 Single Draw Full rules

• The 8-game mix plays eight games in turn: 2-7 Triple Draw, Limit Hold'em, Limit Omaha Hi-Lo, Razz, Seven Card Stud and Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo, followed by No-Limit Hold'em and Pot-Limit Omaha. In this free version the game changes every four hands, which is one trip around the table.
• The line above the table shows which game is on, how many hands are left in it, and its betting structure. The limit games use bets of 10 and 20, the No-Limit game allows any raise up to your stack, and Pot-Limit Omaha caps a raise at the size of the pot.
• Blinds are 5 and 10 in the Hold'em, Omaha and draw games. The stud games use antes and a bring-in, as on their own tabs.
• Good mixed-game players adjust to the game in front of them, such as folding pairs in Razz and valuing position in Hold'em. Use the bot difficulty setting and the equity overlay to get a feel for each game.

Play 8-Game Mix Full rules