27 Triple Draw Lowball

2-7 Triple Draw is a variation of lowball poker in which the players try to make the worst hand possible. 2-7 Triple Draw could be described as the most extreme version of lowball poker since unlike most lowball variations, straights and flushes count against your hand and an Ace is always high, never low. Therefore, the very best hand in 2-7 Triple Draw is 7-5-4-3-2 unsuited, hence the name “2-7”. There is another Triple Draw Lowball variation call A5 Triple Draw and its easy to get these two games confused. Back when UB used to offer both games I would constantly sit down at a A5 table thinking it was 27, needless to say holding those aces really killed me. Only one poker room offers both games these days and they make which game you are playing very clear so you shouldn't have to worry about making the same mistake as me.

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The Rounds In 27 Triple Draw

As is typical in most poker games, play begins with the “blinds”; mandatory bets that are made by the players in the first and second positions, starting at the dealer’s left and advancing clockwise. The first position player makes the “small blind” bet of half the table minimum and the second position player makes the “big blind” bet equal to the table minimum. Five cards are then dealt face-down to every player, one at a time, starting at the dealer’s left and continuing clockwise. There are no face-up community cards.

The first person to act in this round is the person to the left of the big blind. That’s because the first two players have already placed their forced bets, it’s now up to the player in third position to continue. This player has the option to fold (quit their hand), call (match the big blind) or raise an amount appropriate to the structure of the game, be it limit, pot limit or no limit. Play then continues clockwise to the next player who then calls (matches the previous bet), raises (bets more than the previous bet) or folds, and so on around the table.

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After this first round of betting, players can choose to keep all of their cards (“stand pat”) or discard one, some or all of their cards in exchange for (“draw”) new cards from the deck that hopefully improve their hand. As with betting, discarding begins with the player in the first position from the dealer’s left and precedes clockwise around the table to the last player… the dealer himself. Each player in turn will announce the number of cards he is discarding; the dealer will deal out that many cards to the player, face down, and remove the discards from play without revealing their value to anyone at the table. Discards are set aside; they are never returned to the deck.

Once all the players at the table have had the opportunity to draw, another round of betting begins with the player in the first position to the dealer’s left. As in the first round of betting, this player has the option to fold, check (“pass”) or bet, and play proceeds clockwise around the table accordingly. In total, there are three rounds of discarding, hence the name “Triple Draw”: Deal; bet; draw; bet; draw; bet; final draw; final bet. There is no limit to the number of cards a player can discard in any round, though optimally you’d want to be drawing fewer and fewer cards (or stand pat) as each round progresses.

Winning In Deuce to Seven Triple Draw

At the conclusion of the final betting round the cards are revealed (“show”) and the winner of that hand is determined. The last person to be called shows first and the reveal proceeds around the table clockwise from that player’s position. As previously stated, the best hand in 2-7 Triple Draw is 7-5-4-3-2 unsuited, but it’s rare and you’ll likely have to determine the winner from different holdings. It can be a little confusing at first, so the easiest method to determine the best hand is to compare the highest cards in each hand and work backwards. For example, let’s say there are two players left at the end of the final round of betting. The first player shows 9-7-5-4-2; the second player shows 9-7-6-3-2. They both have the same highest and lowest cards, so who wins? Working backwards from the 9’s they both have 7’s, but the next card for the first player is a 5 and the second player holds a 6: the 5 is lower, the first player wins. The remaining cards are irrelevant, regardless of their rank.

Good luck at the tables!

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