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Try Something New – 2-7 Triple Draw Poker
Saturday, July 31st, 2010
You may know the game as deuce to seven draw, but whatever you call it 2-7 triple draw, it should be part of your poker game repertoire. The game is unique in that the hand with the lowest points gets the pot, not unlike the game of razz. Obviously, your strategy will be much different in this game then the usual one of highest hand brings the win. 2-7 triple draw is becoming much more popular as a result of it finding its way onto familiar online sties as well as your every day casino or club. It is gaining quite a following of players looking for something newer and more different in poker than the standard hold ‘em and limit games. Triple draw adds variety to the games and requires unique strategies that are both complicated and interesting.
How the Game is Played
The winning plays will make for the lowest point hand, 7 to 2 with no suits, and will vie with the other players for the lowest ranking hand at showdown. You are probably grasping the idea that the game is indeed, just the reverse of your usual most-points wins-poker varieties. To begin the game, two blind bets are placed after the dealer, then with five cards dealt face down to each player. It is important to note that there are no community cards in triple draw. In this game, the players place bets in the first round, then comes the draw where players can swap a group of cards for a draw to a new hand.
The discarded cards go back into the deck so it behooves you to be careful and pay attention to your discards and adjust your pot odds accordingly. Next comes another round of betting and the game allows the players three chances to draw for a lower hand, thus the name “triple draw.” Your strategy then must be to attempt to draw to the hand with the lowest points. One part of the strategy is an analysis of the workings of every following round.
The Best Strategy for 2-7 Triple Draw
Because the game does consist of three distinct rounds of draws, the strategy becomes complex. The first leg of your strategy requires that you consider your beginning hand selection. This is true because the players are allowed to fold in the first betting round. This makes your position at the table also very important in this game since being last allows you to gather data on the worthiness of other players hands.
The only way to play the early position is to remain in the game only if you have a seven high hand, otherwise there is no way you can compete. You can try the bluff if all you have are high cards, but you will often run into multi-way pots which is very difficult when many players are using pot odds to stay with the hand. The late position player can learn from his discards along with the usual attention paid to all the moves the early players make and form a strategy that way.
Do not be among those players who wait forever for the lowest possible hand – ain’t gonna happen, and it makes for a weak table image. You need to pay heed to your table image and those of your opponents, bet with care and aggression and keep your strategy uneven to keep your opponents dazed and confused. While building your table image, include in its formation a strategy that includes a complex mix of plays to keep your opponents guessing.
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