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Nine-Handed High-Low Draw Poker
To say that you are playing a game of poker is
misleading. The fact is that there are
so many different varieties of the game of poker that can be played that the
average person could go to a different game just about night of the year and
play a new form of the game. Very often
a group of people who’ve gotten together want to play a game of poker, but are
discouraged because there are simply too many.
The result is either splitting into two different tables, or choosing
another game altogether. What those
people don’t know is that there is a version of poker that is ideal for large
groups up to nine.
Nine-handed high-low draw poker is basically just a five
card version of high-low draw that can be played by a crowd. Play begins with each person being dealt five
cards, followed by a betting round.
After this, two cards are dealt face down in the middle of the
table. Players can then choose to either
keep their draw or discard up to two cards.
If a player discards just one card, he chooses the first card from the
center. If he discards two, then he
chooses both cards from the center of the table.
Once the two cards in the middle are faced, another betting
round commences, and then there is the showdown. Straights and flushes are used for both the high
and the low. Very often those who take part in this game of
poker bet on the chance that most players will go for the low win, since two
cards are the most that can be utilized for improving a hand. The percentages, however, do not bear this
theory out. During a game being played
with eight or nine hands, the statistical odds are in favor of at least four
different players drawing a pair or better.
Logic dictates that that these players will go for the high instead of
the low; the only players who should stay would be those with four low
cards. If they have less than four low
cards, it would be best for them to drop on the discard.
Because so many players are involved, the pot during a game
of nine-handed high-law draw poker can often get very large. This works to the advantage not only of the
winner, but of those who drop a lot.
Because of the ability to strike it rich during any given hand, many
players feel a rise in their comfort level when it comes to dropping a
lot. On the other hand, a big pot often
inspires even the most honest of players to cheat, which can be done easily in
this game. Sometimes a player discovers
that the second common card becomes quite valuable to him after he chose to
discard just one card. The temptation
arise to make the claim that he had discarded twice after burying one of his
cards. There is a way to avoid this,
however. At the outset of the game, call
it a rule that each player must put down a certain color chip to indicate
whether he is going to stand pat, discard one card or discard two cards. By keeping track in this way, it removes the
possibility of temptation getting the better of a player.
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