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Table And Seat Selection In 5-Card Draw Poker

MPC admin — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:34:42 +0000

5 Card-Draw, made famous in countless Western movies, is now a popular pastime at many of the leading online poker sites. This form of the game attracts a wide mixture of serious as well as recreational players, and is available in several betting formats such as fixed-limit, no-limit and pot-limit. Taking some time to choose the best tables can result in increased profits and enjoyment. This article gives you some easy to implement tips to help you find the most profitable tables today!

Table Statistics

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Basic Hand Reading In 5 Card Draw Poker

MPC admin — Sat, 30 May 2009 13:22:43 +0000

A winning 5-Card Draw poker strategy involves reading patterns in the betting of individual opponents far more than in other forms of poker. This is due to the limited amount of information available in this ‘closed card’ game, with only the betting and number of cards discarded to help you make decisions. This article looks at how beginning 5-card draw poker players can start to combine these pieces of information to make the most profitable decisions.

We start with looking at the number of cards drawn, working backwards from 3 to zero, noting what a ‘straight-forward’ or ‘tricky’ player might hold in each circumstance. Next we show how different betting combined with this information might give you further clues.

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Top Three Tips for Five Card Draw Poker

MPC admin — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:16:38 +0000

Five Card Draw is a favorite for old timers, and has seen a bit of resurgence online as of late. The game is extremely simple to play, but you should brush up on your Five Card Draw strategy before you hit the tables so you won’t get eaten alive. This article will provide the top three tips for new five card draw players, so you can take care of your chips on the felt:

Be Picky

The biggest mistake that new five card draw players make is to play too many hands. Before the draw you should only consider playing premium pairs (Queens or Better), two pair, open ended straight draws, and flush draws. Even the draws should be let mucked if the betting gets too expensive.

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Deuce to Seven Triple Draw Strategy

MPC admin — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 02:01:14 +0000

Deuce to Seven Triple Draw, or in short: 2-7 Triple Draw is a very nice game where you can make a lot of money as a good player. Novice players that overvalue their hands are the ones you can exploit. And this is already the biggest mistake you have to avoid at 2-7 Triple Draw. Let’s take a look at it in detail.

In 2-7 Triple Draw you can change three times as many cards as you want. This sounds like you can make very strong hands even if you start with weak hands. If you look at a hand like A-K-2-2-T you have four junk cards that you should discard. But this is way too many even though you can discard three times.(...)
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