Seminar 27Draw & carnival games

Workbook E

Sources

Every citation on the site points here. Each entry gives where the document lives, when we read it, and what we took from it. All were read on 15 November 2026. Nothing was copied; the wording on this site is our own.

1Rulebooks

  1. W2023 WSOP Live-Action Rules, Caesars Entertainment. https://phh.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_static/2023-WSOP-Live-Action-Rules.pdf The main authority for procedure. Lowball (ace-to-five and deuce-to-seven), badugi, Baduci (Badeucey), Badaci (Badacey), Archie, Drawmaha, Razzdugi, Razzduci, Super Stud, odd-chip rules. Read from a mirror of the PDF, not from the WSOP's own site; these are the cash-game rules for 2023, and a later edition may differ.
  2. BBARGE Rulebook, edition dated 8 December 2024. https://ts4z.github.io/barge-rulebook/ Betting structure of the triple-draw games, badugi ranking examples, Badeucy, Badacey, Archie, Dramaha, Dramaha 49, Dramadugi, Triple Draw Dramaha, Duck Flush, five-card draw, deuce-to-seven razz, Razzdugi, Super Stud.
  3. RRobert's Rules of Poker, version 6. https://www.homepokertourney.org/roberts-rules-of-poker-version-6.htm Traditional draw high (antes, jacks or better, drawing five), ace-to-five lowball (check-raise, the sevens rule), deuce-to-seven lowball (A-5-4-3-2 is ace-high; exposed cards before the draw). The hosting page marks this version as superseded; it is cited for the traditional rules.
  4. A1Badeucey (2-7 & 2-5 Badugi), Asian Poker Tour poker handbook. https://www.theasianpokertour.com/info/pokerhandbook/badeucey Ace high in the badugi half; ties; the odd chip going to the deuce-to-seven hand.
  5. A2Archie, Asian Poker Tour poker handbook. https://www.theasianpokertour.com/info/pokerhandbook/archie Sixes-or-better high qualifier; pot split among players who showed when nobody qualifies; single-draw form; order of drawing and betting from the button.

2What is spread, and the word "carnival"

  1. N1What is Dealer's Choice Poker? 20 Different Games (Finally) Explained, PokerNews, 2020, updated April 2026. https://www.pokernews.com/strategy/wsop-mixed-games-strategy-dealers-choice-30648.htm The list of twenty games; which are no-limit, pot-limit and limit.
  2. N2Dealer's Choice rules page, PokerNews, updated August 2025. https://www.pokernews.com/poker-rules/dealers-choice.htm The same list of twenty; how games are chosen.
  3. N3Your Guide to the Inaugural WSOP Dealer's Choice Event, PokerNews, June 2014. https://www.pokernews.com/news/2014/06/your-guide-to-wsop-dealer-s-choice-event-18575.htm The original sixteen games; the WSOP debut of Badeucey and Badacey.
  4. N42026 WSOP Event #20: $1,500 Dealer's Choice, PokerNews live reporting. https://www.pokernews.com/tours/wsop/2026-wsop/event-20-dealers-choice/ The count of twenty-one games. The page does not list them.
  5. N92026 WSOP Event #20, Day 1, PokerNews live reporting. https://www.pokernews.com/tours/wsop/2026-wsop/event-20-dealers-choice/day1/ The count of twenty games for the same event.
  6. C1Getting Started In Draw And Mixed Games, Card Player, January 2020. https://www.cardplayer.com/?p=1038796 The mixed-game sense of "carnival games" and the examples given.
  7. MCarnival table games page, Monarch Casino Black Hawk. monarchblackhawk.com/casino/table-games/carnival-games (a casino's own site, so deliberately not linked) Evidence for the casino-trade sense of the phrase only. Cited as usage, not as a recommendation, and not a game this site covers.

3Published strategy

  1. C2Spice Up Your Home Game: Badeucey And Badacey, Card Player, September and November 2025 (two printings). https://www.cardplayer.com/?p=1620976
    https://www.cardplayer.com/?p=1626871     Rules and all the published strategy on the Badeucey and Badacey pages; the 2025 remark on the "carnival" label.
  2. C3The Coach's Game At Resorts World: Part 1, Card Player, January 2023. https://www.cardplayer.com/?p=1039549 A seventeen-game cash mix; the six Drawmaha variants including Zero; Badugi High-Low.
  3. C4Coach's Game: A Few Pointers For Other Games, Card Player, April 2023. https://www.cardplayer.com/?p=1039606 Drawmaha High-Dugi.
  4. C5Which Way Are You Going? A Hand Of Archie, Card Player strategy column, April 2025. https://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/1106968-poker-strategy-with-mark-mazmanian-which-way-are-you-going-a-hand-of-archie Nines-or-better qualifier; the published Archie strategy points.
  5. C6Ace-To-Five Triple Draw: Playing Before The First Draw, Card Player, September 2023. https://cardplayer.com/cardplayer-poker-magazines/66523-phil-hellmuth-36-19/articles/24908-ace-to-five-triple-draw-playing-before-the-first-draw Opening hands by seat and the other published points on the A-5 page.
  6. C7Deuce to Seven Triple Draw Lowball: An Introduction, Card Player, February 2020. https://www.cardplayer.com/?p=1038805 Starting hands, the deuce, position, and common leaks in 2-7 triple draw.
  7. C8Deuce to Seven Dramaha: Single Draw Primer, Card Player, October 2019. https://cardplayer.com/cardplayer-poker-magazines/66422-shannon-shorr-32-23/articles/23845-deuce-to-seven-dramaha-single-draw-primer 2-7 Drawmaha strategy; pat-hand figures for one-draw 2-7.
  8. C9I Wish I Knew Then What I Know Now: Badeucey and Badacey, Card Player, April 2013. https://www.cardplayer.com/?p=1036320 Deal and bet sizes for Badeucey; best with six or fewer.
  9. N5WSOP Mixed Games Strategy: Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw, PokerNews, April 2018. https://www.pokernews.com/strategy/wsop-mixed-games-strategy-deuce-to-seven-triple-draw-30522.htm Standing pat, breaking and snowing in 2-7 triple draw.
  10. N6WSOP Mixed Games Strategy: Badugi, PokerNews, April 2018. https://www.pokernews.com/strategy/wsop-mixed-games-strategy-badugi-30578.htm Badugi ranking of three-card hands and all the published badugi strategy.
  11. N7WSOP Mixed Games Strategy: No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw, PokerNews, April 2018. https://www.pokernews.com/strategy/wsop-mixed-games-strategy-no-limit-2-7-single-draw-30446.htm Rules and all the published strategy on the single-draw page.
  12. LHow to Play Drawmaha Poker, PokerListings, updated December 2025. https://www.pokerlistings.com/blog/the-greatest-poker-game-ever The pot-limit form, the draw limit by number of players, and the face-up option on a one-card draw (Sviten Special). The page also names online card rooms; we cite it for rules only.

4Consulted, nothing used

  1. TPoker TDA Rules, Tournament Directors Association, 2026 edition listed. https://www.pokertda.com/poker-tda-rules/ We checked for rules specific to draw games. The rules page itself contains none, and we were not able to read the full 2026 document, so no rule on this site rests on it.

5Our own work