32 Card Poker is a fast action game based on a 32 card deck. With only two betting rounds and higher hand values, the action is fast and furious, with bluffing an integral part of the game!

Quick Rules

  • Cards 2 through 6 are removed, leaving 32 cards in the deck
  • Typically played as a No Limit game
  • 5 card draw variant
  • 3 blinds - Small, Big, and Over when more than 3 players (2-3 players reverts to just small and big blinds).
  • Game played with 2 to 5 players
  • When exchanging cards, the first player after the dealer starts (as in 5 card draw), but on the second round, action starts after the largest blind (not after the dealer). In a heads-up situation (only 2 players) the action starts with the small blind.
  • You can discard a maximum of 4 cards
  • The time limit for raise is 10 seconds, after which you can only check, call, or fold.
  • Aces can play high or low, so you could have a straight of A-7-8-9-10 or 10-J-Q-K-A
  • On the second betting round players can elect to split the pot by choosing 'Parole'
  • Ties can be broken by suit

Hand Rankings

  1. Straight flush
  2. Four of a kind
  3. Flush
  4. Full house
  5. Straight
  6. Three of a kind
  7. Two pairs
  8. One pair
  9. High card

Ties

In the cases where hands are exactly equal, the hand will be decided by suit. Straight flushes, Flush, straights and high card are determined by the suit of the highest card. Pairs and two pairs are decided by the suit of the highest kicker. The kicker is the leftover card that isn't part of a pair. For example, if you and another player both have two Kings and two Jacks, the suit, not the rank, of the 5th card would be used to determine the winner. Full houses, three of kind and four of a kind can never be tied by rank, so they are never decided by suit.

Suit Rankings (highest to lowest):

  1. Hearts
  2. Diamonds
  3. Clubs
  4. Spades

 

Playing 32 Card Poker

First Round: At the start of each hand, a small disk known as the dealer button (shown below) is placed in front of one of the players. This disk indicates the theoretical dealer of each hand and marks the individual who will act last in the first betting round. After each hand, the button moves clockwise one spot to the next player.

Posting Blinds: If there are two or three players, the player to the left of the dealer posts the small blind, equal to half of the table's lower limit stake. The next player to the left posts the big blind, twice the small blind. If there's more than 3 players, the next player to the left posts the overblind, equal to twice the amount of the big blind (i.e., the same as the upper table limit).

Missed Blinds Policy: To prevent players from entering games in a late position to avoid placing blinds, you will have to post an initial fee, equal to the over blind, or you can sit out and wait until the over blind reaches your position. If you checked 'Wait For Big Blind' when you took your seat, then you will appear to be sitting out and won't be able to join the action until the over blind comes around to your position.

If you were at the table and then sat out for a while, if you missed the small blind in your absence, you will have to post an amount equivalent to the big blind. If you missed the small and big blind, you will be required to post an amount equal to the big blind plus a 'dead' bet equal to the small blind, which goes straight into the pot and doesn't count as a player's bet for that hand. If you miss all three blinds while sitting out, you have to post the equivalent of the over blind, plus a dead bet equal to the small blind plus the big blind.

The Deal: All players are dealt 5 cards face down. There are no community cards in this game.

First Betting Round: The first player to the left of the largest blind (overblind or big blind depending on the number of players) starts the betting, which then continues in a clockwise fashion. All players must at least match the largest blind in order to remain in the hand.

There is no limit to the number of raises in 32 card poker.

Discard Round: Once the first betting round is complete, you can discard up to 4 cards and draw new ones, or you can "stand pat" and keep the cards you were originally dealt. Discarding starts with the player to the left of the dealer. Click on a card you wish to discard and it will be raised up and have a red X through it. Click it again to keep it. When the action comes around you to, the active button will say Discard X (however many cards you clicked on) or Stand Pat if you didn't click on any cards. Discarded cards are replaced immediately with new cards from the deck.

In stripped deck games there is the possibility of running out of cards. In the case that more cards are required than are left in the deck, the remaining cards in the deck are used first. If more cards are required then discarded cards from the previous players are shuffled and used to finish your hand. In this way a player will never get their own discards back, only those of other players.

Second Betting Round: Betting starts with the first player still left in the game to the left of the over blind. This person has the option of Parole (in English, "give way"). If everyone at the table agrees by clicking Parole, the pot is split. If the first player doesn't select Parole, then players can fold, check and raise as normal.

The minimum bet is the amount of the over blind (or the big blind if there is no over blind).

Showdown: If there is more than one player left in the hand after the second betting round, all remaining players turn over their cards, and the one with the strongest hand wins.