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 Contents

1. What is Chinese Poker ?

2. How to Play Chinese Poker ?

3. Scoring in Chinese Poker

4. Rules Chinese Poker

Chinese poker is played between two to four players. The game is played for points, where each point is worth a set amount of money. Each player gets thirteen cards to arrange into three hands, two five card hands and one three card hand. These hands are called the back, middle and front hand. The hands will be compared against the corresponding hands of the other players. The objective is to arrange a set of hands that will beat the corresponding hands of the other players. There are often several possible ways to arrange the hands of the other players. There are often several possible ways to arrange the thirteen cards given to you and the only rules you have to follow are that the back hand must be of a higher value than the middle hand, and the middle hand must be higher than the front hand. The value of each hand is determined by standard poker rules. The front hand, with only three cards, cannot have a flush or straight.  

What is Chinese Poker ?

Aside from Pot Limit Omaha and Texas Hold’em, Chinese locals and some Asians enjoy playing this game during their downtime. Chinese poker is not really a type of poker. It is called as such because it uses poker hands to determine the winner. The game involves two to four players and a regular 52-card deck. While the game commonly does not use chips or betting, some players have a pot that they can win when they have the best hands. There are also several websites that offer online Chinese poker where players can win coins.

How to Play Chinese Poker ?

As mentioned, the game has a maximum of four players. Once shuffled, the dealer hands out the whole deck to the players, with each player having 13 cards. Should there be only three players, the fourth hand is left face down and remains unused. Should there be two players only, the two hands are used on the next round. The players can only look at the present hand that they are currently playing. They cannot peek on the other hands to remove bias.

Scoring in Chinese Poker

Players compare their combinations with the appropriate combinations of rivals. That is, the middle combination is compared with the middle, the back with the back, and the front with the front. The strength of combinations is ranged according to the classical scheme of combinations in poker, to which we are all accustomed. Chinese poker does not encourage the concept of “the winner takes everything.” The score plays the main role. 토토  That is, if the middle combination you composed beat the middle combination of the opponent, you get the points. If at the table, there is such a situation that several players have the same combinations in one set of cards, then, according to the rules of Chinese poker, no one gets scores. In this case, a draw is declared. For the victory with all 3 available combinations, the player gets 6 points.

For the victory of 2 of the 3 combinations, the player is granted 2 points. Also in Chinese poker, scoring provides bonuses for special combinations.

1. The back combination: straight – 2 points, flush – 4 points, full house – 6 points, four of a kind – 8 points, straight flush – 10 points, royal flush – 15 points.

2. The middle combination: straight – 4 points, flush – 8 points, full house – 12 points, four of a kind – 16 points, straight flush – 20 points and royal flush – 30 points.

3. The front combination: 6/6 – 1 point, 7/7 – 2 points, 8/8 – 3 points, 9/9 – 4 points, 10/10 – 5 points, J/J – 6 points, Q/Q – 7 points, K/K – 8 points, A/A – 9 points. Set 2-2-2 – 10 points, set 3-3-3 – 11 points, etc.

Rules Chinese Poker

3 hands (back, middle and top) are set for each player (similar to Chinese Poker).

The back hand has 5 cards, the middle hand has 5 cards and the top hand has 3 cards.

The back hand must be better than the middle hand and the middle hand must be better than the top hand.

If the back hand is not your strongest hand and your middle hand your second strongest, you have a fouled hand.

The first 5 cards are dealt to each player face down and set into any of the 3 hands.

Once all cards are set, each hand is revealed.

Each player then receives 1 card until 13 cards are in each hand. Each card is set in a hand once received.