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Diablo is five-card draw with deuces wild, in which no player may draw more than two cards. The player who opens the betting must either win the pot or pay an amount equal to it into a new pot. Deals continue, without fresh antes, until the opener wins.
Also known as Diablo Poker
Diablo is played with a standard 52-card deck. The four twos are wild, as in Five Card Draw Deuces Wild.
A deuce may stand for any card, but it may not duplicate a card already in the hand except to make five of a kind. Five of a kind is the highest hand and beats a straight flush. See hand rankings.
Except as set out on this page, the rules of Five Card Draw apply.
Before the first deal every player places the agreed ante in the pot. Each player is dealt five cards face down.
The first betting round begins with the player to the dealer's left. The player who makes the first bet is the opener.
The published rules do not set an opening requirement or say what happens if no one bets. The dealer shall announce both before the deal.
After the first betting round, each active player in turn may discard and replace no more than two cards.
A second betting round and a showdown follow, as in Five Card Draw.
This rule gives the game its name and its danger.
If the opener wins the pot, the Diablo round ends.
If any other player wins the pot, the opener shall pay into the centre a new pot equal to the pot just won.
The deal then passes to the left and a new hand is played for the new pot. No one antes for this hand.
This continues, deal after deal, until a hand in which the opener wins the pot.
In a dealer's choice game, when the opener finally wins, the deal passes to the player to the left of the one who called Diablo, who then chooses the next game.
The opener has to match
The pot stands at 60. Player A opens, and after the betting the pot reaches 160. Player B wins with K♥K♦2♠7♣4♦, three kings using the deuce, against A's two pairs.
B takes the 160. A must now put 160 into the centre as a new pot. The deal passes left, no one antes, and the next hand is played for that 160.
The opener must pay an amount equal to the pot just won into a new pot. The deal passes left and the new pot is played for without antes. This repeats until the opener wins.
No more than two.
Yes. All four twos are wild, and five of a kind is the best hand.
Where any doubt remains in the application of this document, Rob is right.
Hand rankings, high to low: royal flush · straight flush · four of a kind · full house · flush · straight · three of a kind · two pair · one pair · high card. Suits never break ties.
Diablo Rules · OPR-599 · officialpokerrules.com/diablo/