The Game

32 Card Draw is in brief a variation of Five Card Draw, but is played with a deck of 32 cards where the 6, 4, 3, and the 2 value cards have been removed, hence it is played with Ace to Seven. In 32 card draw the lowest Straight is 10, 9, 8, 7, A and compared to normal hand ranking the main difference is that Flush beats Full House, and in case two players are holding the exact same hand value, the suit of cards will determine the winner. Suits are ranked in order of Hearts, Diamonds, Clubs and Spades. 

 

 

How To Play 32 Card Draw

The game is about building the strongest five card hand from five cards dealt, all cards are dealt face down (dark), and there is two betting rounds. The game is played with a maximum of 5 players (32 cards) and the deal is clockwise from the dealer button, and it's played with two blinds, small blind and big blind. Player to the left of the dealer (button) posts the small blind and the player second to the left of the dealer posts the big blind. Blinds are considered live bets in which a player having posted a blind, he or she is only required to make up the difference, if any, between the blind and current bet, and the players on the blinds have the option to fold, call, check or raise in turn.

 

 

The Rules

Following the small blind and big blind being posted all players are dealt five cards each face down, one at a time and dealt clockwise, and with the first active player to the left of the big blind initiating the first betting action, and players with and without blinds are allowed to raise the pot.

 

 

Draw

After the first betting round is completed each player have the option to discard zero to four (0-4) cards and hence draw new cards. Commonly the players will have (online as well as landbased) 30 seconds to decide and draw new cards, and if he or she fails to act within the time limit the player will stand pat, i.e. draw zero cards and will thereby not be able to bet or raise the pot after the draw.

 

 

Betting order

In 32 Card Draw there are two (2) betting rounds, where the first betting round takes place after each player is dealt all 5 cards. In the first betting round this round the player to the left of the big blind is first to act, and in the second betting round, after the draw, the first active player after the big blind starts the betting action, both players with and without a blind are allowed to raise the pot.

 

 

Suit Rank

If highest cards are of the same value and ties, highest suit wins.

 

Hearts

Diamonds

Clubs

Spades

 

Where Hearts is the highest suit and Spades the lowest.

 

 

Hand Ranking

The game outcome is determined per the following poker hand ranking.

 

Royal Flush

Straight Flush

Four of a Kind

Flush

Full House

Straight

Three of a Kind

Two Pairs

One Pair

High Cards

 

Note... In 32 card draw, Flush beats Full House.

 

 

Royal Flush

An Ace, King, Queen, Jack and Ten in the same suit, and when two or more players have a Royal Flush the tie is broken by highest suit.

 

Straight Flush

Five cards in sequence, of the same suit, and when two or more players have a Straight Flush the highest rank at the top wins, if high rank is the same then the highest suit of the Straight Flush wins.

 

Aces can play for high or low, hence a straight flush can be A, K, Q, J, 10 or A, 7, 8, 9, 10, where the latter is the lowest straight flush.

 

Four of a Kind

Four cards of the same rank, and one side card, and when two or more players have four of a kind the highest four of a kind wins.

 

Flush

Five cards of the same suit, and when two or more players have a Flush, the player holding  the highest ranked card wins, or the second highest, third highest and so forth. If all the five cards are of the same rank then the highest suit wins.

 

Full House

Three cards of the same rank, and two cards of a different, matching rank. When two or more players have a Full House, the highest three matching cards wins the pot.

 

Straight

Five cards in sequence, and when two or more players holds a Straight, the highest ranking card at the top wins. Should the highest rank be the same, then the  highest suit of the highest ranking card wins. Aces can play for high or low, hence a straight can be A, K, Q, J, 10 or A, 7, 8, 9, 10, where the latter is the lowest straight.

 

Three of a Kind

Three cards of the same rank, and two unrelated side cards, and where two or more players have three of a kind, highest ranking three of a kind wins.

 

Two Pairs

Two cards of a matching rank, another two cards of a different matching rank, and one side card.

 

Where two or more players holds two pairs, highest pair wins. If players have the same highest pair, highest second pair wins. If both players have identical pairs, highest ranked side card wins. If they have identical pairs and the same rank of the side card, the highest suit of the side card wins.

 

One Pair

Two cards of a matching rank, and three unrelated cards.

 

When two or more players have a pair, the highest pair wins. If players have the same pair then the highest ranked side card wins, and if needed the second highest and third highest side card rank can be used to decide the winner. If both have the same pair and same ranked side cards, the highest suit of the highest side card wins.

 

High Cards

Any hand that does not qualify under a described hand listed listed above.

 

When two or more players have no pair, highest ranked card wins. The second highest, third highest etc. and smallest card rank can be used to decide the winner. If the ranks of all the cards are the same, then the highest suit of the highest card will decide the winner.

 

 

Showdown

With betting rounds being completed there is a to determine the winner, where the best five card hand wins the pot. Where suits count there cannot be an automatic split of the pot.

If there was betting after the draw the player who made the last bet or raise must show his hand first. If there was no betting or completed split, the first remaining player after the big blind shows his hand first. The same rules are applied when there are side pots or one or more players are all-in before the draw.

 

In the event that there are insufficient cards remaining to complete the draw, the mucked and discarded cards are shuffled and used to complete the draw. A player will never get back his own discards but may receive another player's discards.

 

 

Split Feature

The game 32 Card Draw also has a special split feature where and if all players in the pot chose to split the pot, then the amount is divided equally amongst the active players in that pot.

 

Online the feature commonly works in a way that the first player to act selects "split pot", then the next player to act will be given the option to "split pot" etc. and this goes on until all players have agreed. However should any player decide on any other action besides the split option, the split pot option is cancelled.

 

In the case there is a side pot, or several, players always has the right to decline a split, and where the action will only affect the pot(s) that he or she is involved in.