draw poker

Last spring a friend of mine had a straight flush in a hand of five-card draw poker.

“I got his I.O.U. for three dollars and eighty cents he lost to me at draw poker, and I want my money! ”

When draw poker became a popular game as Americans moved westward after the Civil War, “pat” entered the lingo of card players.

Early though it was, he found four men there engaged in a game of draw poker, and one of the four was old Joe Crowfoot.

Nearly every game in Hoyle was played, but the most popular one was draw poker.