Deuce to Seven draw poker isn't the most popular game in the world, but it has shown a slight resurgence lately due to an increase in online popularity. There are two forms of the game: Deuce to Seven Single Draw and Deuce to Seven Triple Draw. Both have basically the same structure, and the differences involve how many rounds of 'drawing' each game has. This article will teach how to play 2-7 Draw Poker, including the single draw as well as the triple draw variation. Read on for the full rules of the game:

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Objective of Deuce to Seven Draw

In Deuce to Seven Draw, players make bets into a pot in the hopes of winning the collective pot. There are two ways a player can win a hand: either by forcing all of the other players to fold, or by having the best hand at the end of the game. To make the most money playing Deuce to Seven Draw, you want to get money in the pot when you have the best hand, and keep money out of the pot when you have a poor hand.

Deuce to Seven Draw Structure

2-7 Triple Draw Poker Rules Deuce to Seven Triple Draw is a 5 card draw low game. Each player is dealt 5 cards and the goal is to make the lowest possible 5 card hand. There are four rounds of. Online 2-7 (Deuce to Seven) Triple Draw is a draw poker game where the player with the best low hand wins the pot. As in most forms of poker, 2-7 Triple Draw uses a standard 52-card deck that is shuffled. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from 2-7 Triple Draw) Lowball or low poker is a variant of poker in which the normal ranking of hands is inverted. Several variations of lowball poker exist. 2-7 Triple Draw. 2-7 (Deuce to Seven) Triple Draw Lowball is a poker game in which the low poker hand wins the pot at showdown.In other words, it is a form of ‘Lowball’. It is a ‘draw’ game, meaning that you are dealt five cards, and may discard from zero to five of them on the draw.

Deuce to Seven triple draw is typically played at a table with six players, and the single draw variation usually is played at a table with seven players. Since each player receives a minimum of five cards, you can't really have more than 6 or 7 players at the table because the deck would run out of cards. Both games are usually played in either Fixed Limit or No Limit stakes. Tables are referred to based on their stakes. For example, a $1/$2 No Limit table would have a $1 small blind and a $2 big blind.

2-7 Single Draw Rules

We'll start by explaining the rules of 2-7 Single Draw and then explain 2-7 Triple Draw later on. Since both games are basically the same up until a certain point, it's easy to learn them both at once.

Shuffle Up and Deal

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The game starts with two forced bets called 'blinds'. Blinds are used to make sure that every hand has money in the pot. There are two blinds: the small blind and the big blind. The small blind is paid by the player directly to the left of the dealer button, and the big blind is paid by the player two seats to the left of the dealer button. Every hand the dealer position rotates one seat to the left, and thus, the blinds also rotate one seat to the left. View the below diagram to get a visual understanding of who pays the blinds.

One difference between No Limit and Fixed Limit 2-7 Draw is the size of the blinds. If you're at a $1/$2 No Limit table, the small blind is $1 and the big blind is $2. However, if you're at a $1/$2 Fixed Limit table, the small blind is $0.50 and the big blind is $1. It's not a big deal, but it's just one strange difference between the two betting variations. Here's that image I promised you that shows the blinds in relation to the dealer:

Once the blinds are posted the next step is to deal out everyone's hole cards. Each player receives five face down cards that are dealt out one by one starting with the small blind and moving clockwise around the table. Once everyone has their hole cards, the first betting round begins.

First Betting Round

After everyone has their cards, the first betting round takes place. The first player to act is the player directly to the left of the big blind. This player can either call the big blind, fold, or raise the big blind. If it's a no limit game, the player has to raise to at least 2x the big blind if they choose to raise. After the first player acts, action continues clockwise around the table, and all the other players can call, fold, or raise. The first betting round ends when every player has either folded or called the highest bet.

The big blind sometimes ends up in a unique situation if no one raises during the first betting round. Since he/she already has their big blind in, they have the option of checking and receiving the first draw without putting any more money in the pot.

The Draw

After the first betting round is completed players receive their first draw. The draw starts with the first player to the left of the dealer. This player has the option to draw 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 cards, or to draw zero cards and 'stand pat'. After that player draws, the draw continues clockwise around the table until every player has received their new cards. Once all cards have been dealt out, there is another betting round.

Second Betting Round

The second betting round starts with the first player to the left of the dealer. He/she can either check or bet. Action then continues around the table clockwise, and each player can either check (if no one has bet), bet (if no one has bet), call (if there has been a bet), raise (if there has been a bet), or fold. The betting round ends once every player has either called the highest bet or folded.

NOTE - In 2-7 Single Draw you would now have a showdown. If you'd like to skip right to the showdown, click this link. If you'd like to learn the remaining rules of 2-7 Triple Draw, keep reading.

2-7 Triple Draw Rules

Since 2-7 Triple Draw starts out exactly the same as 2-7 Single Draw, we decided to condense this article so it wouldn't be a mile long. If you've already read all of the above steps, keep reading to find out the remaining rules of 2-7 Triple Draw.

Second Draw

Ok, so now you've just completed the second betting round and are ready for the second draw. This draw is exactly the same as the first draw. It starts with the first player to the left of the dealer, and each player has the option to draw 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 cards, or to once again 'stand pat'. Once every player has received their cards you now have the third betting round.

Third Betting Round

The third betting round is exactly the same as the second betting round. It starts with the first player to the left of the dealer, and moves clockwise around the table. Each player has the option to check, bet, raise, call, or fold. Of course, if there haven't been any bets you can't raise, and if another player has already bet then you lose the option to check. Once all players have either called the highest bet or folded, you move on to the third and final draw.

Third Draw

This draw is once again the same as the previous draws. Starting with the player to the left of the dealer, each player can draw 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 cards, or stand pat and draw none. Once each player has received their cards you move on to the fourth and final betting round.

Last Betting Round

The final betting round starts with the first player to the left of the dealer, and continues around the table clockwise. Each player can check, bet, call, raise, or fold. Once everyone has either called the highest bet or folded, the betting round is over and you have a showdown.

The Showdown

Showdowns in 2-7 Draw are much different than showdowns in typical poker games like Texas Hold'em. Instead of using normal hand values, players use a 'low' hand system. Basically, you attempt to make the worst possible five card poker hand. Aces are high, and straights and flushes count against you. Here is a chart showing the best 2-7 hands:

In the event of a tie, you'd look at whoever has the lower version of that hand rank. For example, if two players both have Ten-Lows, you'd look at the next highest card to see who's was lower. Imagine that one player has T9654 and the other has T9743. The first cards are both Tens, so you'd move to the next one. These are both nines so you'd move to the next one. The first hand has a six, and the second has a seven. Six is lower than seven, so the first hand would be the winner.

In the event of two players having a pair or a straight, the lower hand would win. Example - a pair of twos beats a pair of fives, and an eight-high straight beats a ten-high straight.

History of 2-7 Draw

Not much is known about the history of this poker game, other than it probably developed as a variation of 5 card draw, because that is the game it resembles most. It is basically a carbon copy of five card draw, other than the 2-7 hand values that are used for the game, and a rarely used no check/raise rule.

Where to Play Deuce to Seven Draw Poker?

Once you learn the rules of 2-7 Draw, your next step is finding an online poker site that offers the game. Not many sites offer 2-7 Single or Triple Draw, but we have found the best 2-7 Draw Poker Sites. Here's our #1 site:

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Lowball or low poker is a variant of poker in which the normal ranking of hands is inverted. Several variations of lowball poker exist, differing in whether aces are treated as high cards or low cards, and whether straights and flushes are used.

Low-poker ranking[edit]

Lowball inverts the normal ranking of poker hands. There are three methods of ranking low hands, called ace-to-five low, deuce-to-seven low, and ace-to-six low. The 'ace-to-five' method is most common. A sub-variant within this category is 'high-low poker', in which the highest and lowest hands split the pot, with the highest hand taking any odd chips if the pot does not divide equally. Sometimes straights and/or flushes count in determining which hand is highest but not in determining which hand is lowest, being reckoned as a no-pair hand in the latter instance, so that a player with such a holding can win both ways and thus take the entire pot.

Lowball variants[edit]

The most popular forms of lowball are ace-to-five lowball (also known as California lowball), and deuce-to-seven lowball (also known as Kansas City lowball). Ace-to-five lowball gets its name because the best hand at that form is 5-4-3-2-A. In ace-to-five lowball straights and flushes do not prevent a hand from being low. You win by simply having the five lowest cards. Deuce-to seven lowball gets its name because the best hand at that form is 7-5-4-3-2 (not of the same suit).^[1]

Ace-to-five[edit]

Ace-to-five low is the most common method for evaluating low hands in poker, nearly universal in U.S. casinos, especially in high-low split games.

As in all low hand games, pairs count against the player. That is, any hand with no pair defeats any hand with a pair; one pair hands defeat two pair or three of a kind, etc. No-pair hands are compared starting with the highest-ranking card, just as in high poker, except that the high hand loses. In ace-to-five low, straights and flushes are ignored, and aces play as the lowest card.

For example, the hand 8-5-4-3-2 defeats 9-7-6-4-3, because eight-high is lower than nine-high. The hand 7-6-5-4-3 defeats both, because seven-high is lower still, even though it would be a straight if played for high. Aces are low, so 8-5-4-3-A defeats 8-5-4-3-2. Also, A-A-9-5-3 (a pair of aces) defeats 2-2-5-4-3 (a pair of deuces), but both of those would lose to any no-pair hand such as K-J-8-6-4. In the rare event that hands with pairs tie, kickers are used just as in high poker (but reversed): 3-3-6-4-2 defeats 3-3-6-5-A.

This is called ace-to-five low because the lowest (and therefore best) possible hand is 5-4-3-2-A, called a 'wheel'. The next best possible hand is 6-4-3-2-A, followed by 6-5-3-2-A, 6-5-4-2-A, 6-5-4-3-A, 6-5-4-3-2, 7-4-3-2-A, 7-5-3-2-A, etc.

When speaking, low hands are referred to by their highest-ranking card or cards. Any nine-high hand can be called 'a nine', and is defeated by any 'eight'. Two cards are frequently used: the hand 8-6-5-4-2 can be called 'an eight-six' and will defeat 'an eight-seven' such as 8-7-5-4-A.

Another common notation is calling a particular low hand 'smooth' or 'rough.' A smooth low hand is one where the remaining cards after the highest card are themselves very low; a rough low hand is one where the remaining cards are high. For instance, 8-7-6-3-A would be referred to as a 'rough eight,' but 8-4-3-2-A would be referred to as a 'smooth eight.' Some players refer to a hand containing a 4-3-2-A (in ace-to-five low or ace-to-six low) or a 5-4-3-2 (in deuce-to-seven low) as a 'nut' (thus, in ace-to-five or ace-to-six, a 7-4-3-2-A would be called a 'seven nut').

High-low split games with ace-to-five low are usually played cards speak, that is, without a declaration. Frequently a qualifier is required for low (typically 8-high or 9-high). Some hands (particularly small straights and flushes) may be both the low hand and the high hand, and are particularly powerful (or particularly dangerous if they are mediocre both ways). Winning both halves of the pot in a split-pot game is called 'scooping' or 'hogging' the pot. The perfect hand in such a game is called a 'steel wheel', 5-4-3-2-A of one suit, which plays both as perfect low and a straight flush high. Note that it is possible—though unlikely—to have this hand and still lose money. If the pot has three players, and one other player has a mixed-suit wheel, and a third has better straight flush, the higher straight flush wins the high half of the pot, and the two wheels split the low half, hence the steel wheel wins only a quarter of a three-way pot.

Ace-to-five lowball, a five-card draw variant, is often played with a joker added to the deck. The joker plays as the lowest card not already present in the hand (in other words, it is a wild card): 7-5-4-Joker-A, for example, the joker plays as a 2. This can cause some interesting effects for high-low split games. Let's say that Alice has 6-5-4-3-2 (called a 'straight six')--a reasonably good hand for both high and low. Burt has Joker-6-5-4-3. By applying the rule for wild cards in straights, Burt's joker plays as a 7 for high, giving him a seven-high straight to defeat Alice's six-high straight. For low, the joker plays as an ace—the lowest card not in Burt's hand—and his hand also defeats Alice for low, because his low hand is 6-5-4-3-A, lower than her straight six by one notch. Jokers are very powerful in high-low split games.

Wheel[edit]

A wheel or bicycle is the poker hand 5-4-3-2-A, regardless of suit, which is a five-high straight, the lowest-ranking of the straights.

In ace-to-five low poker, where aces are allowed to play as low and straights and flushes do not count against a hand's 'low' status, this is the best possible hand. In high/low split games, it is both the best possible low hand and a competitive high hand. The best deuce-to-seven low hand, 7-5-4-3-2, is also sometimes called 'the wheel'.

Ace-to-six[edit]

Ace-to-six low is not as commonly used as the ace-to-five low method, but it is common among home games in the eastern region of the United States, some parts of the mid-west, and also common in the United Kingdom (it is the traditional ranking of London lowball, a stud poker variant).

As in all lowball games, pairs and trips are bad: that is, any hand with no pair defeats any hand with a pair; one pair hands defeat two pair or trips, etc. No-pair hands are compared starting with the highest-ranking card, just as in high poker, except that the high hand loses. In ace-to-six low, straights and flushes are accounted for (as compared to Ace-to-five) and count as high (and are therefore bad), and aces play as the lowest card.

For example, the hand 8-5-4-3-2 defeats 9-7-6-4-3, because eight-high is lower than nine-high. The hand 7-6-5-4-2 defeats both, because seven-high is lower still. The hand 7-6-5-4-3 would lose, because it is a straight. Aces are low, so 8-5-4-3-A defeats 8-5-4-3-2. Also, A-A-9-5-3 (a pair of aces) defeats 2-2-5-4-3 (a pair of deuces), but both of those would lose to any no-pair hand such as K-J-8-6-4. In the rare event that hands with pairs tie, kickers are used just as in high poker (but reversed): 3-3-6-4-2 defeats 3-3-6-5-A.

It is called ace-to-six low because the best possible hand is 6-4-3-2-A (also known as a Chicago Wheel or a 64), followed by 6-5-3-2-A, 6-5-4-2-A, 6-5-4-3-A, 7-4-3-2-A, 7-5-3-2-A, etc.

When speaking, low hands are referred to by their highest-ranking card or cards. Any nine-high hand can be called 'a nine', and is defeated by any 'eight'. Two cards are frequently used: the hand 8-6-5-4-2 can be called 'an eight-six' and will defeat 'an eight-seven' such as 8-7-5-4-A.

A wild card plays as whatever rank would make the lowest hand. Thus, in 6-5-Joker-2-A, the joker plays as a 3, while in Joker-5-4-3-2 it would play as a 7 (an ace or six would make a straight).

High-low split games with ace-to-six low are usually played with a declaration.

Deuce-to-seven[edit]

Deuce-to-seven low is often called Kansas City lowball (the no-limit single-draw variation) or just 'low poker'. It is almost the direct opposite of standard poker: high hand loses. It is not as commonly used as the ace-to-five low method.

As in all lowball games, pairs and trips are bad: that is, any hand with no pair defeats any hand with a pair; one pair hands defeat two pair or trips, etc. No-pair hands are compared starting with the highest-ranking card, just as in high poker, except that the high hand loses. In deuce-to-seven low, straights and flushes count as high (and are therefore bad). Aces are always high (and therefore bad).

For example, the hand 8-5-4-3-2 defeats 9-7-6-4-3, because eight-high is lower than nine-high. The hand 7-6-5-4-2 defeats both, because seven-high is lower still. The hand 7-6-5-4-3 would lose, because it is a straight. Aces are high, so Q-8-5-4-3 defeats A-8-5-4-3. In the rare event that hands with pairs tie, kickers are used just as in high poker (but reversed): 3-3-6-4-2 defeats 3-3-6-5-2.

Since the ace always plays high, A-5-4-3-2 (also called the Nut Ace) is not considered a straight; is simply ace-high no pair (it would therefore lose to any king-high, but would defeat A-6-4-3-2).

The best possible hand is 7-5-4-3-2 (hence the name deuce-to-seven low), followed by 7-6-4-3-2, 7-6-5-3-2, 7-6-5-4-2, 8-5-4-3-2, 8-6-4-3-2, etc. Hands are sometimes referred to by their absolute rank, e.g. 7-5-4-3-2 (#1, said 'number one', see table).

When speaking, low hands are referred to by their highest-ranking card or cards. Any nine-high hand can be called 'a nine', and is defeated by any 'eight'. Two cards are frequently used: the hand 8-6-5-4-2 can be called 'an eight-six' and will defeat 'an eight-seven' such as 8-7-5-4-2.

Another common notation is calling a particular low hand 'smooth' or 'rough.' A smooth low hand is one where the remaining cards after the highest card are themselves very low; a rough low hand is one where the remaining cards are high. For instance, 8-7-6-4-2 would be referred to as a 'rough eight,' but 8-5-4-3-2 would be referred to as a 'smooth eight.'

Wild cards are rarely used in deuce-to-seven games, but if used they play as whatever rank would make the lowest hand. Thus, in 7-6-Joker-3-2, the joker plays as a 4, while in Joker-5-4-3-2 it would play as a 7 (a six would make a straight).

High-low split games with deuce-to-seven low are usually played with a declaration.

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References[edit]

1. ^'Low Ball Poker Variants'. WorldSeriesOfPoker.com. Retrieved 2009-09-27.

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