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Gameplay of Open Face Chinese Poker

Open Face Chinese Poker can be played with up to four players and works with a Dealer button as in standard Texas Hold'em. Players get dealt one at a time from the dealer's left. Players in OFCP. Open-face Chinese Poker, or OFC, has become all the rage recently, especially among high-stakes gamblers, because it’s a fun, quick, and exciting game that can be played at any time with just two to four players. Pokerrrr wants to help you get in on the action. Are you ready to.

• Setting Up

  • Just grab a deck of cards. No blinds, no antes, no buttons needed.
  • Betting structure is on a per-point basis. Payouts occur after each hand.

• Rules

  • 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.

• Determining a Winner

  • Similar hands are compared to determine a winner (Back vs Back, Middle vs Middle, Top vs Top).
  • If you win 2 of 3 hands, you win 1 point. If you sweep all 3 hands, you win 6 points.
  • A fouled hand is worth 6 points to your opponent.

Hand Examples

If you are more visual than textual, take a look at some photos of Open Face Chinese Poker hand examples.

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Initially Set Starting Hand

This photo shows what a hand looks like after the first 5 cards are received and set.

Completed Hand

This is what an an Open Face Chinese Poker hand looks like once all 13 cards are received. After your first 5 cards are received and set, you will receive one card at a time to set.

Fouled Hand

This is an example of a fouled hand in Open Face Chinese Poker. Notice the middle hand is stronger than the bottom hand.

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Royalties

When Open Face Chinese Poker is played with 'royalties', bonus points are awarded when certain hands are made. Royalties are not awarded if you foul your hand.

• Back Hand Royalties

  Cards	Points
  Straight	2
  Flush	4
  Full House	6
  Quads	8
  Straight Flush	10
  Royal Flush	20

• Middle Hand Royalties

  Cards	Points
  Straight	4
  Flush	8
  Full House	12
  Quads	16
  Straight Flush	20
  Royal Flush	40

• Top Hand Royalties

  Cards	Points
  Pair of 6s	1 Point
  Pair of 7s	2
  Pair of 8s	3
  Pair of 9s	4
  Pair of 10s	5
  Pair of Jacks	6
  Pair of Queens	7
  Pair of Kings	8
  Pair of Aces	9
  Trip 2s	10
  Trip 3s	11
  Trip 4s	12
  Trip 5s	13
  Trip 6s	14
  Trip 7s	15
  Trip 8s	16
  Trip 9s	17
  Trip 10s	18
  Trip Jacks	19
  Trip Queens	20
  Trip Kings	21
  Trip Aces	22

Fantasyland

When you have a pair of queens or better in the top hand you enter what is called 'fantasyland' (think NBA Jams 'on fire!'). When in fantasyland you receive all 13 cards at once and set your hand like a normal Chinese Poker hand. Receiving all of your cards and not having to guess what's coming next is a massive advantage. Players may stay in fantasyland for multiple hands as long as queens or better are achieved in the top hand.

Basic Strategies of Open Face Chinese Poker

• It is often correct to risk fouling your hand and go for royalty hands.
• Once you have a royalty, be sure to not foul your hand.
• When royalties are not possible, concentrate on not fouling your hand.
• Watch the outs that appear in your opponents hands to determine where to place your next card.

Open Face Chinese Poker 2-7 Pineapple

OFC 2-7 Pineapple is the latest variant to be launched at Tonybet Poker. Itself a variant of regular Pineapple (learn more about that here), deuce to seven Pineapple is a lowball version with a few strategic differences.

Tonybet team pro Pedro Marte explains the rules of OFC 2-7 Pineapple in the video above.

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Famous Open Face Chinese Poker Hands

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• Open Face Chinese Poker: Learn How to Play the Game

  Shaun Deeb teaches Kristy Arnett how to play Open Face Chinese.

  This Video Contains:

  1. Shaun Deeb
  2. Kristy Arnett
  3. Learn the basics of Open Face Chinese Poker

• Open Face Chinese Poker: The First Ever Live Tournament

  The 2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure hosts the first ever live tournament.

  This Video Contains:

  1. Daniel Negreanu
  2. Victor Ramdin

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Where Can I Play Open Face Chinese Poker Online?

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Play OFC at Tonybet Poker.