For example two small pair is roughly a 75% favorite over a pair of aces. Starting hand selection is very important in NL5CD because with just one draw an inferior hand is quite an underdog to overtake a better hand. However, the game is still played with a single draw. At the WSOP the game is played without a joker and with blinds accompanied with a somewhat large ante. Rules have evolved over the years the game used to be ante only with a joker added to the deck. And it might also show up in the nosebleed big bet cash games that run during the WSOP. The only appearance NL5CD typically makes these days are in some tournaments at the WSOP the Dealer’s Choice and Big Bet Mix events. Several years ago limit games were quite popular online but seemingly dried up after Black Friday in 2011. Nowadays the game is almost non-existent. NL5CD was always the game of choice On TV and movies where people were getting shot for cheating, losing farms, winning tickets to the Titanic, and lots of other good stuff. “What is Hold’em? That’s also poker?” were the questions that many asked as they watched Moneymaker take down the WSOP Main Event. Until the poker boom back in 2003 many people thought Five Card Draw and poker were one and the same. No Limit Five Card Draw High (NL5CD) is as American as apple pie.