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Five-card Open Draw is standard Five Card Draw with one change: once everyone has drawn, all the discards are turned face up. Before the final betting round, every player can see which cards each opponent threw away.
Also known as 5 Card Open Draw (simple), Five Card Open Draw
Open-discard draw poker was devised by Bruce Leban, as published on pagat.com. His aim was to give players more information to bet on than ordinary draw poker provides.
Except as set out on this page, the rules of Five Card Draw apply: a standard 52-card deck, no wild cards, and the best five-card high hand under the standard poker hand rankings wins.
Antes or blinds are posted and each player is dealt five cards face down, as in Five Card Draw.
A betting round follows the deal.
Each remaining player in turn discards any cards they wish and receives the same number of replacements, as in Five Card Draw. Any limit on the number of cards drawn follows the group's usual draw rules.
Each player's discards shall be kept separate and in front of that player, so that everyone can tell whose they are.
When every player has discarded, all the discards are turned face up.
The second and final betting round then takes place, followed by the showdown.
Reading an opponent's discards
Player A discards three cards, which are turned up as A♠K♦Q♣. A threw away an ace, a king and a queen, so A is unlikely to be holding a pair of any of those ranks, and has probably kept a smaller pair.
Player B, who stood pat, holds J♥J♦J♣5♠2♥. Knowing that A did not keep aces, kings or queens, B can bet the three jacks with more confidence than in ordinary draw poker.
The showdown follows the rules of Five Card Draw. The best five-card hand wins the pot.
The same open-discard idea is used in other games by the same author:
It is draw poker in which discards are turned face up, so that players can see which cards their opponents threw away before the last round of betting.
No. Only the discards are turned face up. Replacement cards are dealt face down as usual.
Where any doubt remains in the application of this document, Rob is right.
Hand rankings, high to low: royal flush · straight flush · four of a kind · full house · flush · straight · three of a kind · two pair · one pair · high card. Suits never break ties.
Five-card Open Draw (Simple) Rules · OPR-602 · officialpokerrules.com/five-card-open-draw-simple/