In a certain variety of poker, known as Draw Loss Poker, each possible

In a certain variety of poker, known as Draw Loss Poker, each possible poker card combination has a raw point value. The following table shows the raw point values for the card combinations themselves.

one pair = 12 points
two pair = 36 points
three of a kind = 60 points
straight = 300 points
flush = 540 points
full house = 720 points
four of a kind = 3,600 points
straight flush = 60,000 points

Explanation of the card combinations. A straight is a sequence of five consecutive valued cards (e.g. 8, 9 10, Jack, Queen) of any suits. A flush is a set of five cards of the same suit. A full house is three-of-a-kind of one value of card and a pair of another value of card (e.g. three 7's and two aces). A straight flush is a sequence of five consecutive valued cards all of the same suit.

If one's final card combination does not include any of these special combinations, the hand is worth zero points.

In Draw Loss Poker, each play is dealt five cards. Once examining their card and making initial bets, there is a discard round: each player can choose not to discard any cards or choose to discard 1-4 cards and get replacements from the deck before the final round of betting. After getting replacements, the player has his final hand.

This variety is called “draw loss" because the more cards the player chooses to discard and replace in the discard round, the greater the potential point penalty. The final point value of any hand is the raw value of the card combination of that final hand multiplied by a reducing factor determined by the number of cards discarded in the discard round.



After the discard round, each player's hand has a final point value, and that is the basis of the final round of betting.