Dogbutt Poker Rules

Dogbutt Poker Rules are the same as 5 Card Draw rules with a couple of differences. In Dogbutt the initial deal is still 5 cards face down followed by a round of betting.

Following this round of betting all players have the opportunity to replace up to 5 (all) of their cards. Again much like 5 Card Draw, players can replace, one, none or up to 5 of their cards and receive replacement cards (face down). The difference between Dogbutt and 5 Card Draw is that as in Baseball poker 3's and 9's are wild. Be sure to remember this when you are exchanging your cards as it is easy to forget that a 3 is wild and toss it away.

After the draw there is a round of betting and then straight to showdown (for those that are still in the hand). The highest hand wins the pot.

This game has lots of appeal as the wild cards mean that just because a players replaces 3 or 4 cards means that it is far easier for players to hit a big hand as they could have one or 2 wild cards in their hand. You will find that 2 pairs and 3 of a kind are regularly beaten in this game as the wild cards result in a lot of flushes, straights.