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Pokerdiablo

Pokerdiablo is a newly developed variant of poker. It contains elements of Texas Hold'em Poker, Omaha Hold'em and Short Deck Poker

To help establish that you are playing a new unique game, Pokerdiablo utilises it's own deck of 54 cards.

Spades, Hearts, Clubs and Diamonds are replaced by 6 new suits. The main purpose of this is to establish a universally recognized suit hierarchy.

High card by suit is only used in a handful of games, and the ranking across them is inconsistent. Ranking each suit enables a hierarchy of 54 cards. In Texas Hold'em, there are 13 ranks which allows many hands to conclude in split pots. Pokerdiablo does not allow split pots with each hand having one winner.

In Short Deck Poker, also known as 6+ holdem, the 2's,3's,4's, and 5's are removed from the pack.

This is the same for Pokerdiablo, which leaves 6 suits of 9 cards : A K Q J 10 9 8 7 6 in Sapphires, Emeralds, Rubies, Gold, Silver and Bronze.

Gameplay

As in Texas Hold'em, players are dealt two cards each, face down, referred to as hole cards. Community cards are then dealt after each betting round, 3 on the the flop, 1 on the turn and one on the river. If the hand reaches a showdown the player with the best hand wins the pot.

The biggest rule change with Pokerdiablo is that you must play both your hole cards with any 3 from cards the board to make your best hand of 5 cards. This places more importance on your hole cards with the preference for them to be both high ranked, or connected. A pocket pair is more common and in general your holding will appear playable.

The probability of making each hand value differs from a standard deck. With each suit only having 9 cards each rather than 13, a Flush is rarer than both a Full house & 4 of a kind, elevating it to be the third highest value, behind only 5 of a kind and a Straight Flush. In Diablo, it is called a 5-Flush.

The reason for this is the introduction of new hand value, named the 4-Flush, which makes the gameplay more dynamic and more draw-heavy.

To achieve a 4-Flush, your 5 card poker hand must contain 4 cards of the same suit.

In diablo, the value of a flush is determined by the suit, and only by the high card if both flushes are of the same suit.

Hand Values

From best to worst

Straight Flush

5 of a Kind

5-Flush

4 of a kind, also known as Quads

Full House

4-Flush

Straight

3 of a kind, also known as Trips

Two Pairs

Pair

High Card

Suit Value

Sapphires

Emeralds

Rubies

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Numeric value

Ace (A)

King (K)

Queen (Q)

Jack (J)

Ten (10)

Nine (9)

Eight (8)

Seven (7)

Six (6)

An Ace can be played both high and low in a straight. 10-J-Q-K-A and A-6-7-8-9.