Open Face Chinese Poker!

[givememyleg]

FTR has published an ultimate guide to those interested in learning how to play Open Face Chinese: http://www.flopturnriver.com/open-fa...nese-poker.php

Questions or comments on the guide? We can also use this thread to discuss anything Chinese Poker related.

Who plays? It's been my addiction lately.

edit: anyone who has the abc poker app on the iphone, feel free to start a game with me, username is givememyarm

[givememyleg]

does anyone know a good android app for open face? i've been using ABC Poker on my iPhone but am not sure about android devices...

[Pascal]

Sweet will definitely read this later! Carl if I get ABC Poker on my iPhone can I play against you?

[givememyleg]

Sweet will definitely read this later! Carl if I get ABC Poker on my iPhone can I play against you?

only for $100 per point minimum.

yeah def, my game center name is givememyarm. somehow givememyleg was taken...

[MadMojoMonkey]

I have played this in home games, but never online.

This article shows the 1/6 scoring system. You can play 2/4 as well.

Basically, ignoring royalties and the occasional push, in a match up, either it will go 2:1 or 3:0.
In 1/6, there is no bonus for winning 2:1, scoring 1 point, and a huge bonus for going 3:0, scoring 6 points.
In 2/4, there is a 1 point bonus for winning, either way. So winning 2:1, scores 2 points, and winning 3:0, scores 4 points.

In 2/4, it is commonly, but not always, the case that a foul still counts as -6.

I find that introducing the game to someone w/o royalties makes it much easier and more fun to get started.

I also play with the rule that any player, at any point in the hand, can surrender for an automatic score of -3 (this automatically forfeits any royalties this player would pay due to opponents hands).


Also, are those "standard" royalties? I've seen many different royalty systems.

[givememyleg]

interesting, never heard of 2/4 scoring.

yeah, these are standard royalties. that being said, the game is still new and evolving that it wouldn't shock me to hear that different royalties and/or bonuses are being used.

[MadMojoMonkey]

I first heard of Chinese Poker years ago... I think it was on an episode of Poker After Dark, where David Gray had gotten eliminated and then just hung out on the couch trying to talk the other players into playing Chinese with him after they were eliminated. I think this was before the rise of Open Face Chinese.

At the time, there was very little information about Chinese Poker on the web, and the royalty systems that I could find were all over the place. It seems like that has been smoothed out if not solved.