Aim of the game is to make the worst possible poker hand. Everything that is normally good in poker, counts against you in 2-7; flushes, straights and pairs are all bad, aces are only high.

You get dealt five cards, and can draw as many cards as you like, up to three times. The betting starts with a small and a big blind, action starts to the left of the big blind pre draw, and to the left of the button after the draws. There is a betting round before/after every draw round, for a total of 4 betting rounds. Before the first and second draw there will be small bets (equal to one big blind) and after the second and third draw there are the big bet streets (two big blinds). A total of one bet and four raises is allowed on each street.

The best possible hand is 7-5-4-3-2. Your hand strength is defined by the highest of your five cards (as long as there are no pairs/straights/flushes). Therefore an 8-7-6-5-3 beats 9-5-4-3-2. A-5-4-3-2 is ace high and not a straight.

• Look at the burn cards to make sure you know which street you are on: 1 burn card means you have discarded once, 2 means you’re done with the second draw, and the 3 burn cards means there are no more drawing rounds.
• Make sure to put out the right amount of cards – you’re not allowed to change this after you’ve put them out.
• Act in turn, even when drawing, and remember that tapping the table means you want to stand pat (to not draw any more cards) – remember that you are allowed to stand pat on a drawing round, and later in the hand decide to draw again.

• A deuce is very important in this game – you need a 2 to make on of the eight best hands in this game.
• Avoid playing too many rough hands like 8754, 654, 543 and such
• Position is even more powerful in the other games – you get to act last both discarding and betting
• Snowing – standing pat without having a made hand can be a powerful move used carefully.