A 32-card deck is used, containing the ace, king, queen, jack, 10, 9, 8, and 7 of each suit (hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades). Boonaken is a point trick game with trumps. The ranking and point values of the cards are as follows:

Trump Suit

Jack (Boer): 20 points
9 (Nel): 14 points
Ace (Aas): 11 points
King (Heer): 3 points
Queen (Vrouw): 2 points
10: 10 points
8: 0 points
7: 0 points

Non-Trump Suits

Ace (Aas): 11 points
King (Heer): 3 points
Queen (Vrouw): 2 points
Jack (Boer): 1 point
10: 10 points
9: 0 points
8: 0 points
7: 0 points

There are 141 points in the deck. Unlike other Jass games, there are no extra points for winning the last trick.

Roem and Stuk

Certain combinations of cards in a player's hand, known as Roem, have point values. A sequence consists of three or more consecutive cards of the same suit. The cards are always considered in the order A-K-Q-J-10-9-8-7. The combinations and their values are:

Sequence of three cards in a suit: 20 points
Sequence of four cards in a suit: 50 points
Sequence of five cards in a suit: 100 points
Sequence of six cards in a suit: 200 points
Four jacks: 200 points
Four queens: 100 points
Four kings: 100 points
Four aces: 100 points
King and queen of trumps (Stuk): 20 points

A single card cannot be used in more than one sequence, but the same card can be used simultaneously in a sequence, a four of a kind, and Stuk. For example, K-Q-J-10 of trumps is worth 70 points (50 for the sequence and 20 for the Stuk). Four aces with the king and queen of trumps are worth 140 points.

Deal

The dealer shuffles and the player to the dealer's right cuts the deck. Deal and play proceed clockwise, and the turn to deal passes to the left after each hand. The dealer deals six cards to each player, three at a time.

Five players: Two cards are placed face up in the center after each round of three cards to each player.
Four players: After the first three cards to each player, two cards are placed face down in the center. After the second round of three cards, two cards are placed face up in the center. The four cards left over are set aside until the end of the hand.
Two or three players: The deal is the same as with four players, but with a greater number of cards set aside (10 cards with three players and 16 cards with two players).

The declarer can use the center cards to improve their hand, factoring in the face-up center cards when deciding what to bid, and speculating on the face-down cards.

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