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PLAYING TIPS for 5-4-3 DRAW POKER

HOW TO PLAY FIVE-FOUR-THREE DRAW POKER:
5-4-3 Draw Poker is a variation of 5 card draw poker with the addition of 2 common board cards. Each player is dealt 5 hole cards. Two cards are placed face down on the table. After a round of betting 1 of the cards is turned face up, another betting round and the second is turned up. Players may now discard and draw up to 3 cards to their hole cards.
​May be played high-low split.
 Players have 3 options to make their hand:
  1. Use all 5 hole cards (no board cards).
  2. Use any 4 hole cards and 1 of the board cards.
  3. Use any 3 hole cards and both common board cards.
​​5-4-3 Draw Poker is not recommended for more than 6 or 7 players. Playing with more than 7 players will typically result in running out of cards. Should that happen, collect and re-shuffle discards and use them.
SUMMARY of ACTION:
Deal 5 hole cards to each player.  Place 2 cards face down on table.
Bet
Reveal 1 board card.
Bet
Reveal 2nd board card.
Bet
Draw cards (maximum 3 cards per player).
Bet
High only or Hi-Lo Cards Speak: Showdown
High-Low Declaration: Declare
Bet
Showdown​
PLAYING TIPS for 5-4-3 DRAW POKER
Position is important in 5-4-3 draw poker.  Because of the opportunity to draw cards, players in late position have an advantage.  They get to learn how many cards the players ahead of them draw before they have to make their own draw.  That is valuable information for reading your opponents' intent to play high or low.  As an example, suppose both board cards are high cards like K, Q or J or any high pair and everyone before you draws 2 or 3 cards.  This means the winning low hand is almost certainly not going to be made using any of the 2 board cards.  Therefore, you should consider standing pat with just about any low hand.  Standing pat signals you have a very good hand.  And the odds are against an opponent drawing 2 or 3 cards to make a good low.  Whenever you are in late position to draw you should be keeping this move in mind, as it is important to show strength by betting or raising before the draw in order to make your standing pat believable.  However, if two or more players make a 1 card draw they probably have a draw to a better hand than a ragged low and you should probably draw to improve. Against a single opponent drawing one card you may wish to still stand pat to see what happens next. You are hoping they fold to a bet or raise. If they call or raise you are most likely up against a decent low and if you continue depends on the strength of your hand.  Never announce your drawing decision until it is your turn.​ 
​STARTING HAND SELECTION
Because 5-4-3 draw poker offers the opportunity to draw cards, one might be tempted to play just about any starting hand, even something like A2.  Fight that temptation.  You should really have at least 3 cards in your hand or cards with multiple potentials in order to play.  Consider using the same starting hand selection that you would use in 5 card draw.  
​
By keeping the requirement noted above in mind, it is fairly easy to identify the types of starting hands you’d like in 543 draw poker:
 A pat high hand:  straight, flush, full house or 4 of a kind.  Bear in mind that these hands do not come very often at all.  The chart below outlines your chances of being dealt these and other hands.
Trips is an excellent starting hand.  If the board pairs or matches one of your other hole cards you have a full house.  But, be cautious if a board pair is of a higher rank than your trips.  Even if the board cards miss you there is still the opportunity to improve by drawing.  Depending upon the board cards, trips may even stand up by themselves.  But, if the board cards are coordinated (eg suited or connected) or both higher than your trips, play them cautiously and be prepared to fold if you do not improve.
Two pair, especially if the pairs are high. This hand gives you decent chances to make a full house if the board matches one of your pair.  If not, you still have a one card draw. 
​
 A pat low hand:  Generally at least an 8 low, but, obviously, the lower the better.   The 2 board cards have a major bearing on what you will probably need to win.  If both of those 2 cards are 7 or under, your pat 8 low is probably not enough (but you might now have a 7 low or better by using the board cards).  If both of the board cards are higher than your highest card you are usually in decent shape.  When playing for low you always want your 5 card hand to be better than the best hand that can be made using the board cards.  For example, with a board of 87, you want to have no worse than 7432A for low.
Four low cards of 7 or less.  Three low cards of 6 or less.
HIGH HAND PROBABILITIES or ODDS
​Approximate chance of being dealt these HIGH hands as your original 5 hole cards.
LOW HAND PROBABILITIES or ODDS
Approximate chances for being dealt the following LOW hands as your original 5 hole cards.
​
5 Card High Hand
Straight Flush
4 of a Kind
Full House
Flush
Straight
3 of a Kind
2 Pair
​1 Pair

​Probability/Odds
0.0015%  (72,000:1)
0.024%  (4164:1)
0.14%   (693:1)
0.18%  (508:1)
0.39%   (254:1)
2.1%   (46:1)
4.8%   (20:1)
​42.3%  (1.4:1)
​
​
5 Card Low Hand
A23XX
Any 4-low (3 cards)
Any 5-low (3 cards)
​Any 6-low (3 cards)
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A234X
Any 5-low (4 cards)
Any 6-low (4 cards)
Any 7-low (4 cards)
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A2345
Any 6-low (5 cards)
​Any 7-low (5 cards)
​Any 8-low (5 cards)






​
​Probability/Odds
2.4%  (40:1)
7.2%  (13:1)
14.4%  (6:1)
​24%  (3:1)
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0.45%  (221:1)
1.8%  (54:1)
4.5%  (21:1)
9%  (10:1)
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0.04%  (2500:1)
0.2%  (500:1)
0.6 %  (165:1)
​1.4%  (71:1)
THE BOARD CARDS
The 2 common board cards are your first opportunity to improve your hand.  
You need to balance the hand you have or are drawing to with how coordinated the board cards are and what hands other players may have or be drawing to.  If the board cards are both the same suit, other players may have already made a flush.  If not, it is highly probable that more than 1 player has a flush draw.  Similarly, if the board is a pair there may already be a full house.  If not, it is an almost certainty that other players have made 3 of a kind and/or 2 pair and are drawing to a full house.   The board will be suited approximately 24% of the time.  The board will be paired approximately 6% of the time.
DRAWING CARDS
After the board cards have been revealed you now should have either a strong made hand or a draw to one. If you have neither it is time to get out.  You should also have a decent idea of what hands your opponents might have or may drawing to.  If you don't have at least a draw to beat those hands it is also time to fold.  The opportunity to draw cards gives you additional chances to improve a marginal hand into a winner or a good hand into a stronger one. 
There are many combinations of cards that you and other players may be drawing to, depending on whether you plan to use both board cards, just 1 or draw to your hole cards.  Specifying the odds of drawing to each is very complicated.    Suffice it to say that if your are only 1 card away from a made hand the more chances you have to get it the higher the likelihood of making your hand.   ​So, in contrast to 5 card draw, you may have radically different drawing odds to some hands.  For example:
With 2 suited cards in your hand and both of the board cards that same suit you can draw 3 cards to hit just the one card you need to make a flush - over a 50% chance.   But, if the 4 suited cards are among your 5 hole cards you would only have a one card draw to make a flush -  just about 19% 
A similar situation occurs when holding 2 pair.  If using both board cards and 2 hole cards you have a 3 card draw with about a 25% chance of making a full house.   Holding 2 pair among your hole cards gives you just a 1 card draw at about an 8% chance.    
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