īreak up a Pair of 10’s (or lower) to pursue a 4-Flush īreak up a Pair of 9’s (or lower) to pursue a 4- open-Straight andĪlways pursue – and raise – the coveted 4–Straight–Flush !Ģ) For Pairs, draw according to the advice in sections a-f, below. Thus…you’ll never again complain about 5CD having “small pots due to only 2 betting rounds”.ġ) Check/FOLD all hands that do not contain a Pair or better …Ī 4-Flush Ī 4-to-an- OPEN-ended Straight Ī “ Royal Cat-hop” (holding 3 cards towards a Royal Flush).ĪK or AQ or KQ (whether “suited” or not) are good starting-hands in Hold 'em – not in 5CD that also goes for unsuited AKQ or AKJ or AQJ or KQJ silliness. The number of (re)raises would thus only be “limited” – naturally – by the number of active players on the table wishing to exercise their first-time option to do so – not by some randomly predetermined quantity. So, for the sake of consistency, every player should have all of their nominal rights at each turn : to check / bet / call / raise / fold, as applicable and desired.

Nor should there be any arbitrary limits to the number of first-time raises allowed for the table as a whole : any & every player should be able to raise one nominal time per their turn. there should be no artificial constraints, such as the arbitrary “Jacks-or-better” rule : any and all hands should be allowed to be played and/or to open the betting. * and a 52-card, well-shuffled, and properly-cut deck [preferably Bicycle-brand 'Autobike No.1' ( 1902 remake : ) or, better yet … classic “Bee” cards (especially the blue-colored pack).Īdditionally. * nothing “wild” (since it's arbitrary and pointless – and it significantly alters the normal value of standard poker-hands) * a maximum 3-card draw allowed – even for a lone Ace (so as not to have to “declare” any sort of hand, nor to risk running out of cards) * at home (not at a casino with rakes – and colluding strangers ! Nor within the modern craze of online/video/virtual depersonalization) * a medium ante in a low-limit game (such as a $1 ante and $5/$10 betting-rounds) * 6 friends/relatives on the table (5 makes for a sufficiently fun game, too – as long as you’re not drawing to 4-Straights or 4-Flushes while 5-handed) Ideally, 5CD poker should be played with …

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