The most profitable forms of poker are the ones that almost nobody knows. Everybody know hold'em poker and more and more people know how to play. So it's becoming tougher and tougher every day. A good reason to learn some strategy about other forms of poker like 2-7 triple draw. 2-7 triple draw is a very nice game that only a few online poker rooms offer. TrickyPlay is one of those few rooms and proud to be able to offer 2-7 triple draw games to its players. Let's take a look at some basics of 2-7 triple draw:
2-7 triple draw is mostly played with a limit betting structure and every player is dealt five downcards. In other poker games you have to build the best possible 5 card hand. In 2-7 triple draw quite the reverse is the case: you have to build the worst possible 5 card hand which is 2-3-4-5-7 in different suits. Aces count only as aces and not as „a one“ like in many other poker games. If you hold A-2-3-4-5 you don't have a straight in 2-7 triple draw – you only have ace low. Furthermore every straight and flush is counted as high hand. If you have 3-4-5-6-7 you don't have 7 low – you have a straight.
You can draw three times as many cards as you want. So you get dealt five cards and one betting round takes place. After that you can draw 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 cards. After that another betting round takes place and there are two draws remaining. After the third draw the last betting round takes place.
If you want to become a good 2-7 triple draw player you have to select your starting hands carefully. You need to be very patient and can't play every single hand. That's what your opponents are doing. They play a lot of hands because they think that every hand can be a winner after the third draw. That's a „strategy“ you should avoid.
These are the basics of 2-7 triple draw. You can find a lot more strategy tips in our TrickyPlay poker strategy section soon.
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