A5 Triple Draw Strategy & Odds
April 27, 2011 |
This guide covers A-5 triple draw hands. learning the odds of catching certain hands in A-5 triple draw poker is an important part of developing a winning A5 TD strategy. US players can only play A5 triple draw at Lock Poker. Learn more below.
Note that the hands being compared are always 5-card A-5 lowball hands, even if the table is for a deal containing more cards. Here are some links to other useful A-5 triple draw articles:
5 Cards, No Wild Cards
| Lowball Hand |
Number of Hands |
Probability |
| Five high |
1,024 |
0.00039400 |
| Six high |
5,120 |
0.00197002 |
| Seven high |
15,360 |
0.00591006 |
| Eight high |
35,840 |
0.01379013 |
| Nine high |
71,680 |
0.02758026 |
| Ten high |
129,024 |
0.04964447 |
| Jack high |
215,040 |
0.04964447 |
| Queen high |
337,920 |
0.13002124 |
| King high |
506,880 |
0.13002124 |
| Pair or worse |
1,281,072 |
0.49291717 |
| Total |
2,598,960 |
1.00000000 |
The median hand is thus a very rough K-high. The median is the “1299480th” hand, while the first pair is hand 1,317,888. Each rank comes in 1024 possibilities due to the suit assignments of the 5 cards. (1024=5^4.) So the median hand is the 18th worst K-high. Counting down from KQJT9 gives us KQJ87 (unless I made an off-by-one error or two or three.)
5 Cards, One Joker
| Lowball Hand |
Number of Hands |
Probability |
| Five high |
2,304 |
0.00080288 |
| Six high |
7,680 |
0.00267625 |
| Seven high |
20,480 |
0.00713667 |
| Eight high |
44,800 |
0.01561147 |
| Nine high |
86,016 |
0.02997402 |
| Ten high |
150,528 |
0.05245454 |
| Jack high |
245,760 |
0.08564006 |
| Queen high |
380,160 |
0.13247447 |
| King high |
563,200 |
0.19625847 |
| Pair or worse |
1,368,757 |
0.17697117 |
| Total |
2,869,685 |
1.00000000 |
5 Cards, Two Jokers
| Lowball Hand |
Number of Hands |
Probability |
| Five high |
4,224 |
0.00133565 |
| Six high |
10,880 |
0.00344031 |
| Seven high |
26,560 |
0.00839839 |
| Eight high |
55,104 |
0.01742413 |
| Nine high |
102,144 |
0.03229840 |
| Ten high |
174,336 |
0.05512583 |
| Jack high |
279,360 |
0.08833490 |
| Queen high |
425,920 |
0.13467784 |
| King high |
623,744 |
0.19723068 |
| Pair or worse |
1,460,238 |
0.46173388 |
| Total |
3,162,510 |
1.00000000 |
5 Cards, One-Eyed Jacks Wild
| Lowball Hand |
Number of Hands |
Probability |
| Five high |
4,224 |
0.00162527 |
| Six high |
10,880 |
0.00418629 |
| Seven high |
26,560 |
0.01021947 |
| Eight high |
55,104 |
0.02120233 |
| Nine high |
102,144 |
0.03930187 |
| Ten high |
174,336 |
0.06707914 |
| Jack high |
139,680 |
0.05374457 |
| Queen high |
352,640 |
0.13568504 |
| King high |
524,832 |
0.20193924 |
| Pair or worse |
1,208,560 |
0.46501678 |
| Total |
2,598,960 |
1.00000000 |
6 Cards, No Wild Cards
| Lowball Hand |
Number of Hands |
Probability |
| Five high |
40,448 |
0.00198678 |
| Six high |
181,760 |
0.00892796 |
| Seven high |
483,840 |
0.02376597 |
| Eight high |
985,600 |
0.04841216 |
| Nine high |
1,684,480 |
0.08274079 |
| Ten high |
2,515,968 |
0.12358305 |
| Jack high |
3,333,120 |
0.16372113 |
| Queen high |
3,886,080 |
0.19088224 |
| King high |
3,801,600 |
0.18673263 |
| Pair or worse |
3,445,624 |
0.16924727 |
| Total |
20,358,520 |
1.00000000 |
6 Cards, One Joker
| Lowball Hand |
Number of Hands |
Probability |
| Five high |
90,112 |
0.00392517 |
| Six high |
268,800 |
0.01170860 |
| Seven high |
637,440 |
0.02776611 |
| Eight high |
1,218,560 |
0.05307900 |
| Nine high |
1,999,872 |
0.08711200 |
| Ten high |
2,903,040 |
0.12645290 |
| Jack high |
3,763,200 |
0.16392043 |
| Queen high |
4,308,480 |
0.18767217 |
| King high |
4,139,520 |
0.18031247 |
| Pair or worse |
3,628,456 |
0.15805114 |
| Total |
22,957,480 |
1.00000000 |
7 Cards, No Wild Cards
| Lowball Hand |
Number of Hands |
Probability |
| Five high |
781,824 |
0.00584390 |
| Six high |
3,151,360 |
0.02355548 |
| Seven high |
7,426,560 |
0.05551134 |
| Eight high |
13,171,200 |
0.09845082 |
| Nine high |
19,174,400 |
0.14332297 |
| Ten high |
23,675,904 |
0.17697038 |
| Jack high |
24,837,120 |
0.18565012 |
| Queen high |
21,457,920 |
0.16039160 |
| King high |
13,939,200 |
0.10419140 |
| Pair or worse |
6,169,072 |
0.04611199 |
| Total |
133,784,560 |
1.00000000 |
7 Cards, One Joker
| Lowball Hand |
Number of Hands |
Probability |
| Five high |
1,725,312 |
0.01119293 |
| Six high |
4,593,920 |
0.02980296 |
| Seven high |
9,666,560 |
0.06271161 |
| Eight high |
16,105,600 |
0.10448474 |
| Nine high |
22,521,856 |
0.14611007 |
| Ten high |
27,019,776 |
0.17529023 |
| Jack high |
27,709,440 |
0.17976441 |
| Queen high |
23,464,320 |
0.15222428 |
| King high |
14,924,800 |
0.09682433 |
| Pair or worse |
6,411,496 |
0.04159445 |
| Total |
154,143,080 |
1.00000000 |
8 Cards, No Wild Cards
| Lowball Hand |
Number of Hands |
Probability |
| Five high |
9,856,000 |
0.01309701 |
| Six high |
35,563,520 |
0.04725810 |
| Seven high |
74,019,840 |
0.09836025 |
| Eight high |
113,971,200 |
0.15144907 |
| Nine high |
140,851,200 |
0.18716819 |
| Ten high |
143,216,640 |
0.19031147 |
| Jack high |
118,487,040 |
0.15744988 |
| Queen high |
75,694,080 |
0.10058504 |
| King high |
32,947,200 |
0.04378143 |
| Pair or worse |
7,931,430 |
0.01053957 |
| Total |
752,538,150 |
1.00000000 |
9 Cards, No Wild Cards
| Lowball Hand |
Number of Hands |
Probability |
| Five high |
91,126,080 |
0.02476874 |
| Six high |
293,736,000 |
0.07983962 |
| Seven high |
538,618,560 |
0.14640052 |
| Eight high |
717,886,400 |
0.19512685 |
| Nine high |
750,512,000 |
0.20399473 |
| Ten high |
625,806,720 |
0.17009891 |
| Jack high |
406,492,800 |
0.11048776 |
| Queen high |
191,368,320 |
0.05201533 |
| King high |
55,915,200 |
0.01519817 |
| Pair or worse |
7,613,320 |
0.00206936 |
| Total |
3,679,075,400 |
1.00000000 |
10 Cards, No Wild Cards
| Lowball Hand |
Number of Hands |
Probability |
| Five high |
658,829,280 |
0.04164528 |
| Six high |
1,893,034,080 |
0.11966063 |
| Seven high |
3,050,318,880 |
0.19281379 |
| Eight high |
3,508,367,520 |
0.22176752 |
| Nine high |
3,091,197,760 |
0.19539779 |
| Ten high |
2,104,409,664 |
0.13302190 |
| Jack high |
1,067,774,400 |
0.06749512 |
| Queen high |
368,575,680 |
0.02329805 |
| King high |
71,961,120 |
0.00454874 |
| Pair or worse |
5,555,836 |
0.00035119 |
| Total |
15,820,024,220 |
1.00000000 |
