The Poker Lab Rat

If your poker play is not improving as much as you’d like it to, you could be a little stale from too much Texas Hold’em play. Many top poker pros suggest you can refocus your game and gain an edge by trying a new style of poker.

The new game that’s sweeping Europe at present is 32Card Poker. We recommend it highly for any player wanting to hone his/her skills and then come back into the lucrative Holdem arena with a vengeance.

This 5-card Draw derivative is particularly exciting because all the lower cards from 2 to 6 inclusive are removed from the deck, so you end up with a lot of high cards, and it’s easier to get three of a kind or a full house.

You’ve gotta keep that in mind when you’re playing – your hand might be great, but so are your opponents’ hands!

The Deal
All players are dealt 5 cards face down. There are no community cards in this game. This game is played with 2 to 5 players and is geared for speed. Act fast if you want to Raise… after 10 seconds you can only Check, Call or Fold… There is no limit to the number of raises in 32 card draw poker.

Don’t get complacent!
Hand rankings are different than 52 card poker because the stripped deck makes certain combinations of cards more likely. In particular, the rankings for flushes and full houses are reversed from standard poker.

Aces can be both high or low and can therefore complete the following straights… A,7,8,9,10 and 10,J,Q,K,A..

If a hand is tied, suits are used to decide the winner - Hearts are highest then Diamonds then Clubs then and finally Spades.

If two players hold the same pair, or two pairs, the suit of the kicker (i.e. the next highest card in your hand) not the value decides the hand…

INTERESTED? For the full rules of the game or to sign-up and be dealt in visit Eurobet Flash Poker. (You get to it via the Eurobet Casino - just click through the dross onto the Casino homepage and you can’t miss it!)