Deuce to the seven triple draw lowball.

Author: Jesse McLean

Summary: This article explains the basic rules of Deuce to the Seven Triple Draw Lowball

Deuce to the Seven Triple Draw Lowball (I’ll call it triple draw for short) is a nasty horrible evil game. Unfortunately it’s as addicitive as it is evil.

This is draw poker, with three drawing rounds, and the worst hand winning (aces high, straights and flushes count so the best hand is 75432, hence the name Deuce to Seven). Confused yet? it does make sense pretty quickly.

The basic structure of a triple draw game is as follows.

1) Everyone antes (the ante is a small forced bet just to keep things interesting).
2) Everyone is dealt five cards.
3) There is a betting round.
4) The active players (starting to the left of the dealer) decide how many cards (between zero and five) they want to discard and replace.
5) There is a betting round.
6) Active players discard and draw again.
7) There is a betting round. Active players discard and draw replacements one last time.
9) There is a final betting round.
10) Active players show their hands down.

Like all lowball games, the worst high hand wins the pot. Unlike most lowball games, straights and flushes count against you. It’s also important to remember that aces are high – I didn’t, and my first hand I proudly stood pat for the second and third draws to showdown an ace high (A8432) and lost to a Jack high.

This is why Triple Draw is an evil game. Otherwise strong low draws are ruined by hitting a straight (or god-forbid a straight flush) or paring up on the third draw. But like I said, it’s as addictive as it is evil and frustrating.