You Can't Fold Them All

If you are used to playing bullies, you will be all too familiar with them standing pat too often. Surely they cannot be getting these superb hands all the time. You consider they might be bluffing but what can you do?

Odds of landing hands before the deal

You need to familiarize with the Odds of being dealt a particular hand on the deal.

Royal flush 1/50344

Straight flush 1/16781

Flush 1/968

Four of a Kind 1/899

Full House 1/150

Straight 1/49

Three of a Kind 1/19

Two Pair 1/8

One Pair 1/1.9

No Pair 1/3.8

201376 total possible hands of all types

Royal & Straight Flushes

Royal & Straight Flushes do happen, and I'm sure your opponent had them before but with odds at 16781/1 of being dealt a Straight Flush, and even worse for the Royal Flush, you should be able to rule out those hands.

Hiding 4 of a Kind

You can assume any player holding four of a kind will draw another card for deception value, so you can probably rule this out from being a pat hand.

The Flush

Flushes are a little more common. You will probably play about 50 hands per hour, if you play for 4 hours a day for 5 days

50 hands x 4 hours x 5 day = 1000 hands

Your opponent on average will be dealt a flush against you every 5 days. If I were you I would be getting suspicious of this guy. Using the same calculations he will be dealt a Full House every 3 hours against you. On average he will be dealt a straight once per hour against you.

Could it be a Genuine Pat Hand?

He should get roughly 4 pat hands every 3 hours against you. If he is hitting a rich run of cards this rate could go up a little. If you are familiar with this player and he stands pat on a regular basis he might just be trying to bluff you off the pot. It could be a cold bluff but he is more likely to have trips as backup.

You cannot see other players cards but you can often spot patterns in their play. You can look at how often your opponent stands pat, and determine it out of the ordinary. If he is a tight passive player he has probably got at least a Straight. if it's that thorn in you side, "the annoying bully", there's a good chance he is playing with trips or less.

You Cannot Fold to All Pat Hands

If you fold to every pat hand, you are exposing a big leak in your game. They will mark you down as a tight player and bully you at their will. You have to respect a dealt pat hand but you must also try to determine bluffs and avoid a leakage in your game.

Where can I play 32 Draw Poker?

32 card draw is exclusively played on the Entraction network. probably the most famous and reputable site on the network is devilfishpoker.com

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As a result of the U.I.G.E.A. , players based in American cannot play real money games on the Entraction Network, this means they cannot play this form of draw poker online. For real money US players, I suggest either pokerstars.com or fulltiltpoker.com Although you won't be able to play 32 Card draw, you have some great alternatives.