Progressive Draw Poker

In this variation of Draw Poker, all the rules that apply to Draw Poker, all the rules that apply to Draw Poker are binding, with the following additional rules:

1. Should all the players pass (not open the pot) on the first deal, the requirement for openers on the second deal becomes a pair of queens or better. If the pot is not opened on the second deal, a pair of kings or better is required as openers for the third deal, and a pair of aces or better for the fourth deal.
2. The requirement for the fifth deal is kings or better for the sixth, queens and for the seventh, jacks and then back up to aces and back to kings, etc.
3. Once the pot has been opened by a player, the game reverts back to Draw Poker, jacks or better as openers, etc.

Draw Poker High Spades
This is a side bet between two or more players that one will hold a higher-ranking spade card than any of the other players in his first five cards dealt. Players announce the approximate value of their hands for example; a player says, “I have a low spade.” The other player says, “I have a high spade,” then shows it to all the players betting on spades. The reason for this is not to expose too many cards. Although spades is a popular bet at Draw Poker, it often exposes a hand of a player, and gives other players, not betting on spades, a slight advantage in the game.

Showdown Straight Poker
In this variation of Draw Poker, which is also called Cold Hands, the only betting is done before the cards are dealt, as if anteing into the pot. Then five cards are dealt each player, one at a time face up, starting with the leader and rotating to the left clockwise. The player holding the highest hand wins the pot. There is no draw. All other rules are identical to those for Draw Poker variations .

Pass-Out
Also known as Bet or Drop, the play is the same as in Draw Poker, except that a player may not check. He must either bet or drop out of the game.

Straight Poker
Each player antes a set amount and is given five cards face down. There are betting intervals and then there is showdown. There is no draw.

Straight Draw poker
The game is played exactly as in Draw poker with the following two exceptions:

1. A player may open the pot on any hand he desires.
2. A player may draw up to five cards on the draw.

Draw Poker with a Five-Card Buy
The game is played exactly as is the standard game of Draw Poker. All the rules that apply to the standard game apply to this variant, with the following exception: that a player is permitted to draw one, two, three, four, or five cards on the draw.

Draw Poker – blind Openers
If you think Draw Poker is too slow, then this is your game that is, if you can get enough players who feel as you do. All the rules that apply to standard Draw Poker apply to this game, with the following exception: that you can open the pot on the blind that is, you do not have to hold jacks or better to open. Or, if you like, the leader must open the pot regardless of the value of his hand.

Canadian Draw Poker
Canadian Draw Poker is played exactly as is the standard game of Draw Poker with the following exceptions: A player may open on a four-card straight or a four-card flush and, on the showdown a four-card straight or flush beats a pair, and a four-card flush beats a four-card straight.

Spanish Draw Poker
This variant of Draw Poker is played the same as ours, and all the rules that apply to Draw Poker apply to European, or Spanish, Draw Poker, with the following exceptions:

1. From two to five players; four makes the best game.
2. A 32-card deck is used, made by stripping out twos, threes, fours, fives, and sixes.
3. If there are not sufficient cards to satisfy each player’s draw, the discards are picked up, shuffled, and cut, and the draw continues,

Fives and Tens
Also called St. Louis Draw or Woolworth Draw, this game is played as regular Draw Poker except that all fives and tens are wild cards. But, to open the first round of betting, a player must hold at least one five and one ten in his hand as openers. (The game cannot be opened if a online poker player holds all four five spots, but does not have a ten.) If no player has the minimum openers a five and ten the deal passes, the players ante again, and new hands of five cards are dealt. This procedure is repeated until someone has the necessary openers. While the obtaining of the necessary openers may appear difficult to achieve, in reality, there are no more passes in this game than in standard jack pots. Once the pot is opened standard draw rules are followed. Since there are possibly eight wild cards in the game, a high four of a kind is the average winning hand, but straight flushes and five-of-a-kind occur frequently