If the player determines to draw to a pair, he draws three cards. If he draws to two pairs, he draws one card.
If he holds three to begin with, he draws two cards, in order to have the best chance of making a fall, inasmuch as in playing pairs are apt to run together. But to deceive his adversaries, and make them think he has nothing better than two pairs, a sharp player will draw but one card to his threes.
It is advisable sometimes to keep an ace or other high card as an “outsider” with a small pair, and draw two cards -thus taking the chances of matching the high card, and so getting two good pairs, or possibly something better, while at the same tine others may be deceived into believing that the player is drawing to threes.
When drawing to cards of the same suit to try to make a flush, or to cards of successive denominations to try to make a sequence, only one card is to be taken. This will be needed to fill out the flush or the sequence. But it is seldom advisable to venture a draw for either a flush or sequence when more than one card is required to complete the hand.
When a player holds fours in his original hand,, this is as good as it can be; and yet it is best to throw away the outside card and draw one, because others may then think lie is only drawing to two pairs, or for a flush or sequence, and will not suspect the value of the hand.
When one is in (though he ought seldom to be) without even as much as a pair, his choice must be either to discard four cards, or three cards, and draw to the highest or two highest in the hand, or throw away the whole hand and draw five, or look content and serious, stand pat, and, bet high.
The player determining to try this last alternative on a worthless hand had generally better begin by raising when he goes in, or else nobody will be likely to believe in his pretended strong hand.
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