Tournament Strategies
After receiving pocket cards, you are immediately faced with a choice: play your cards and either raise or call the blinds, or fold.
Practice Matters
All the rules of standard Draw Poker apply to this variation with the
All the rules of standard Draw Poker apply to this variation with the following two exceptions:
1. Some California Poker clubs permit players to stand pat or draw
1. Some California Poker clubs permit players to stand pat or draw one to five cards at the draw, other clubs one to four cards. I recommend a one- to three-card draw. 2. The game is played with a standard 52-card deck with a joker added, making it a 53-card deck. The joker is referred to as a "bug." However, this bug, or joker, has limited wild powers. It can be used only as an ace or to complete a straight flush, a flush or a straight. A player can have five aces but not five of any other kind. Rank of hands in descending order are as follows: