How to Play 5-Card Draw Poker

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is Dean Hale and today, I'm going to teach you how to play Five Card Draw poker. In Five Card Draw poker, every player that is playing would actually put in an ante to put in the original pot. Each player is then dealt five cards. They will then look at their five cards and decide if they like the five cards they have or if they would like other cards. Initially, once they've seen their cards, it'll move to the dealer's left and that first player will have the chance to actually make a bet. They can either bet, check or basically pass. If they pass, the next person in line will be the one responsible for making the bet. After all the betting round is over, they will then look at their cards and will have an option of discarding some cards and getting cards in return. So let's say I had a hand and I had three tens, a nine and a four. Obviously I'd want to discard the nine and the four. So I would say I want two cards. I would place the two cards on the table. I would get two cards in return hoping to make my three of a kind a better hand. This will go around the table 'til everybody's done. Once they have their their new hand, they can then again, the betting goes in the same the same fashion. You will then decide if you wanted to bet again based on your hand. You can check, you can bet. Now if you bet ten and somebody wants to raise you, they can do so and then it would be your option as it came back to you to call that raise. That's the basics of Five Card poker. Hope you get a lot of aces! My name's Dean Hale. Thanks."