The rules
Five cards each. Thirty-two in the deck. Everything below is how the game is actually dealt — read the ranking before you sit down, because one line of it is not the poker you know.
Seven through Ace in four suits: 7, 8, 9, 10, J, Q, K, A. Thirty-two cards, nothing lower. There is no ace-low, so the lowest straight in the game is 7-8-9-10-J.
Standard poker order, with exactly one deliberate exception. Weakest at the top, strongest at the bottom.
Why a flush is worth more here. Twenty cards are missing from the deck, so the chance of filling a flush drops further than the chance of filling a full house. The ranking follows the odds of this deck rather than the odds of a 52-card one. Everything else is ordinary poker.
There are no blinds. Everyone at the table antes the same amount before every deal, and the dealer button rotates. Tables open at a 10 ante, and the buy-in is 40× the ante of the table you are joining.
You may open the betting only if you hold a pair of Kings or better. It is a right, not a duty — you may hold aces and pass, and good players do. The opening bet is exactly the size of the pot.
After the opening bet there is no cap at all. Everyone still in the hand may call, raise or move all in, including the players who passed before the pot was opened.
If nobody opens, everybody antes again, the cards are redealt, and the pot carries over. Pots get frightening quickly.
Whoever opened the pot may not break the combination that gave them the right to open.
Each player exchanges as many cards as they wish, once. Draw counts are public — DREW 2, PAT, STAND — and the cards you threw sit face down beside your seat until the hand ends.
Exchange exactly one card and it comes back face down. Drag it clear with your thumb, the way you edge one card out from under another, and read it a sliver at a time. Ignore it and it turns itself over. If you would rather just see it, turn the squeeze off in Settings.
Every remaining hand is laid out face up and readable, and the pot is pushed to the best hand by the ranking above. Side pots are settled properly when a player is all in for less than the bet. Last Hand reopens the showdown you just missed.
Chips are play money. You are given chips to start, and you can earn more from the 30-day daily bonus ladder, from three fresh missions each day, and from the XP levels. Chip packages can also be bought inside the game.
This game is for entertainment only. There is no real-money gambling in Face32. Chips are play money, they cannot be won, cashed out or exchanged, and they have no real-world value. Practice or success at social gaming does not imply future success at real-money gambling. Intended for players aged 18 and over.
