How to Play Five-Card Draw Five-card draw is the poker. Learn the Poker Rank of Hands. Poker Hand Rankings allows you to know when you have won and which is the strongest hand in 32 Card Draw. Five card draw is a simple way to play poker. Learn about the basic rules and how to bet, and review the highest ranking hands before poker night.
Rank of Hands
In 32 Card Draw poker, players compare five card hands against each other to determine who wins. A player with a Royal Flush has a better hand than a player with a Full House, for example. Below is a list of standard combinations ranked from best to worst.
| Five card sequence, from 10 to the Ace in the same suit. A royal flush is a combination of a flush and a straight ending in the Ace high card. So all the cards are of the same suit, consecutive and have the Ace high card. |
| Any five card sequence in the same suit. A straight flush is a combination of a flush and a straight. So all the cards are of the same suit, and all are consecutive. Ranking between straights is determined by the value of the high end of the straight. A royal flush is a straight flush that has a high card value of an Ace. |
| All four cards of the same index. Four cards of the same value such as four jacks or four 7's represent the second strongest poker hand. This hand beats everything except a Straight Flush. |
| Any five cards of the same suit, but not in sequence. A flush is a hand where all of the cards are the same suit, if each card you have is all one suit, such as 3 of Clubs, 5 of Clubs, 6 of Clubs, 8 of Clubs and King of Clubs, then you have a Flush. Don't be tricked into thinking that all five cards are the same color. The high card determines the winner if two people have a flush. |
| Three of a kind combined with a pair. A full house is a combination of three of a kind and a pair. Meaning all five of your cards are a part of a set of either two or three of the same card value (eg. three 7's and two Kings). Ties on a full house are broken by the three of a kind, as you cannot have two equal sets of three of a kind in any single deck. |
| Five cards in sequence, but not in the same suit. A straight is a hand where all of the cards are consecutive. There is no continuative quality to this poker hand a straight cannot wrap around meaning it is not a straight if you have a Queen, King, Ace, Two or Three. Standard poker rules state that in the case of more than one straight, the higher straight wins, In case of straights that tie, the pot is split. |
| Three cards of the same value. Any three cards with the same value (eg. a 6 of Clubs, a 6 of Spades or a 6 of Diamonds) is considered to be three of a kind. The highest set of three cards wins. |
| Two separate pairs.Two sets of two cards of equal value constitute a hand that has two pairs. As usual the pair with the higher value is used to determine the winner of a tie. |
| One pair of two equal value cards constitutes a pair. |
| When the hand you are left with has no pairs, is not a straight or a flush then it's relative value is determined by the highest value card. When two players have no pairs, straight, or flush the winner of the tie is determined by the highest value card in the hand. If the highest cards are a tie then the tie is broken by the second highest card. Suits are not used to break ties. |
The poker game 5 Card Draw is a fun, strategic game played with two to six players. 5 Card Draw is less about the cards you get dealt, and more about how you play them. Find the video tutorial and written explanation below for how to play 5 card draw.
5 Card Draw Tutorial
Needed
52 card deck; two to six players, poker chips
Ante
Before the cards get dealt, each player needs to add an ante to the pot, such as one chip. The ante amount is determined before play begins.
Deal
Each player is dealt five cards, one card at a time.
Objective
The object of the game is to win chips. Chips are won by being the only player that did not fold, or by having the highest ranking poker hand among all the players that did not fold at the end of the hand.
Poker Hand Rank
Straight Flush (five cards in sequence in the same suit)
Four of a kind
Full House (three of a kind with a pair)
Flush (Five cards in the same suit)
Straight (Five cards in sequence)
Three of a kind
Two pairs
Pair
High Card
Card Rank
Highest to lowest - Ace, King, Queen, Jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2
Game Play
The player left of the dealer is first to make a bet or can check. Check means the player is still in the hand without increasing the bet. Once a bet is made, calling check is no longer an option.
Betting moves clockwise, with players having to match any previous bets. A player can also raise the amount of a previous bet. If a player does not want to bet, the player can fold his/her cards, and be out for the round. A folding player sacrifices his/her ante. Players must match the highest amount bet to stay in the round.
After the first round of betting, all remaining players get to discard unwanted cards from their hands. The dealer will deal each player the amount of cards he/she discarded.
Another round of betting begins with players again having to at least bet as much as any previous bets. A player still has the option to fold at this time.
Once the betting round is over, all remaining players in the hand show their cards. The player with the highest ranking poker hand wins all the chips in the pot.
Rules
Five Card Draw Hands Rankings Without
The middle pot gets split if players have equally ranked poker hands.
An ace can be used as the highest card in a straight or the lowest card in a straight.
If all players check in the first round of betting, the deal moves to the next player. Each player adds another ante.
When playing with six players, the most a player can discard is three cards.
Variation
Five Card Draw Hand Rankings
Some variations of the game have the rules that no player can bet unless he/she has a pair of jacks or higher, and the most a player can discard is three cards no matter how many players are playing.