Definition of Draw poker

1. Noun. Poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer. "He played only draw and stud"

Exact synonyms: Draw
Generic synonyms: Poker, Poker Game

Definition of Draw poker

1. Noun. (poker) A form of poker where players can trade in cards for new ones and their cards are not shown until the showdown. (In contrast to stud poker.) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Draw Poker

draw away
draw back
draw bridge
draw close
draw down
draw even
draw in
draw left
draw level
draw near
draw off
draw on
draw one's last breath
draw out
draw play
draw poker (current term)
draw raise
draw raises
draw rein
draw right
draw sheet
draw sheets
draw straws
draw stumps
draw the curtains
draw the line
draw the short straw
draw together
draw up
drawable

Literary usage of Draw poker

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"A table upon which draw poker is played is not a gaming table within Code, e. 194, § 1, which declares that a person who shall keep or exhibit a gaming ..."

2. When Kansas was Young by Thomas Allen McNeal (1922)
"draw poker on the Border The gambling instinct is almost universal among the children of men. Camouflage the game in the form of a church raffle and the ..."

3. The American Hoyle: Or, Gentleman's Hand-book of Games, Containing All the by William Brisbane Dick (1894)
"This, as its title implies, is an exhaustive treatise on draw poker, ... An interesting Treatise on the Laws and Usages which govern the Game of draw poker, ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The regular Draw-Poker game is usually varied by occasional Jack-Pots, ... Stud-Poker is played like Draw-Poker, except that there is no draw and, ..."

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