A-5 Triple Draw
Ace-to-Five lowball played with three separate draw rounds instead of one, giving players up to three chances to improve toward the best possible hand, the wheel (A-2-3-4-5).
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Rules
A-5 Triple Draw is dealt like Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw (also in this library): five cards face down to each player, with three separate draw rounds, each followed by a betting round.
Hand ranking uses Ace-to-Five low, the same ranking as California Lowball (also in this library): aces always play low, and straights and flushes are ignored entirely. The best possible hand is A-2-3-4-5, "the wheel."
Because there are three draws instead of one, starting-hand requirements are considerably looser early on than in California Lowball's single-draw format, tightening as the hand progresses through each successive draw.
Historical note: this triple-draw structure applied to Ace-to-Five ranking is a regular fixture of the WSOP mixed-game rotation and the broader competitive mixed-game circuit, alongside its Deuce-to-Seven counterpart.
Strategy notes: Because Ace-to-Five ignores straights and flushes entirely (unlike Deuce-to-Seven, which actively penalizes them), hands are generally a bit easier to make here, and players should recalibrate their sense of a "good" low accordingly when switching between the two triple-draw traditions.
Common house rules
Confirm Ace-to-Five vs. Deuce-to-Seven before dealing
Because both triple-draw lowball traditions are common at mixed tables, always confirm which ranking is in use before the deal — they reward very different starting hands and drawing decisions.
Pot-limit by tradition
As with Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw, this game is very commonly played pot-limit rather than no-limit or fixed-limit, since three draws give a lot of room for information to be revealed and bet on.
Standing pat is always legal
A player may always decline to draw any cards on any of the three rounds ('standing pat') — a common bluffing move that represents an already-strong hand.
Related games
Based on shared category, origin, and rules that reference each other.
California Lowball
The classic single-draw lowball game: five cards, one draw, lowest hand wins using Ace-to-Five ranking where straights and flushes don't count.
Learn the rules →Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw
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Also known as Pass the Trash: every player gets seven cards, passes several away in stages, then rolls their final hand out one card at a time.
Learn the rules →Double Draw
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