Sutda Rules

A Korean-style poker played with twenty Hwatu cards from months 1 through 10. Two-card hands are ranked, and reading bluffs through the betting matters as much as the cards.

Twenty Hwatu cards (two cards from each of months 1-10). Chips or score markers for betting.

• 38-Gwangttang — March Gwang + August Gwang. The top hand.
• 13-Gwangttang — January Gwang + March Gwang.
• 18-Gwangttang — January Gwang + August Gwang.
• Ttang (10-Ttang … 1-Ttang) — A pair from the same month. Higher month wins.
• Ali — January + February. The strongest non-Ttang hand.
• Doksa — January + April.
• Gupping — January + September.
• Jangpping — January + October.
• Jangsa — April + October.
• Seryuk — April + June.
• Kkeut (9-Kkeut … 1-Kkeut) — Sum of the two cards' last digit. 9 is strongest, 0 (Mangttong) is the weakest.

• Call — Match the previous bet and continue.
• Raise — Bet more than the previous wager. The next player must call, raise, or fold.
• Fold — Drop out of the round. Chips already in the pot are forfeited.

After betting ends, players reveal their hands. The highest-ranked hand wins the pot. In a series, the player with the most chips at the end is the overall winner.