I was watching a clip from john wick and they were playing 5 card draw and he got aces over eights which lead me to look up what actual type of game Wild Bill was playing when he got shot and it was either 5 card draw or 5 card stud.
How the fuck was 5 card draw ever popular? it's like the most fucking retarded version of poker compared to 5 card stud, 7 card stud, omaha and texas hold'em where you actually have partial information to base your bets off of. Were 1800s people just fucking massive degenerate gamblers or something? The only way 5 card draw could have been fun or popular is if everyone involves was a massive degenerate gambler.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GsQYT-btPA
they are playing fucking full deck 5 card draw in for a few dollars more. that's retarded

>>17859423 (OP)
>a)played by illiterate retards
>b)easy to explain to noobs
>c )easy for noob donks to get overconfident with such simple rules
>b) you want noob donks playing because noob donks are how you make your money as a poker player, even today

>>17859696
that sucks. 5 card draw is so fucking boring compared to variants that have public info cards

I have never understood why card games are popular at all.

>>17859717
nothing better to do, cards are cheap to acquire and small and light and degenerates love to gamble

>>17859717
We play during breakfast and lunch break at work, it's fun, social and depending on what you play you have a large variance in complexity, difficulty and strategy required.

>>17859717
doesn't require much in terms of materials

>>17859717
Takes patience to learn and to play. Something you kids have a hard time doing nowadays being clinically online.

Someone should consult tarot cards over this