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Five-Card Draw is a classic poker game where players try to create the best 5-card poker hand. To play, 👌 first each player puts a predetermined ante into the pot, like 10 dollars. Then, the dealer deals everyone 5 cards 👌 face down, one at a time. Each player looks at their hand, and the player to the left of the 👌 dealer, player 1, can either check (bet nothing) or bet by putting money or chips into the pot. Then, the 👌 player to their left, player 2, can do one of four things: check (unless player 1 bet, in which case 👌 player 2 must bet to stay in that round), call (match the bet in the pot), raise (bet more than 👌 the player before them), or fold (forfeit that round). If player 2 calls, the bet stays the same, and player 👌 3 then must either call, raise, or fold. Alternatively, if player 2 raises, then the bet increases for each subsequent 👌 player, and player 1 must add the difference between their initial bet and the raised bet to the pot. Once 👌 every player has checked, called, raised, or folded, each player can give up to 3 cards from their hand to 👌 the dealer in exchange for new face-down cards from the deck. If a player has an ace in their hand, 👌 they can exchange up to 4 cards instead. Players don’t have to exchange any cards if they’d like to keep 👌 all of the cards in their hand. Once every player, including the dealer, has exchanged any cards they’d like to, 👌 another round of betting begins, starting with the player to the left of the dealer. Once everyone is finished betting, 👌 each player still in the round reveals their hand. The player with the highest hand wins the pot. In order 👌 from lowest to highest, the cards are ranked: high card, one pair, two pair, three of a kind, straight, flush, 👌 full house, four of a kind, straight flush, royal flush. For tips on how to place bets if you don’t 👌 have poker chips, read on!