Chinese Poker

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Chinese poker is a 2-4 player game using a standard 52 card deck. Each player is dealt 13 cards. The object of Chinese poker is to make the best 3 Chinese poker hands (2 five card hands and 1 three card hand) using your 13 cards.

1. 13 cards are dealt to each player.
2. Players decide to continue playing or surrender and pay a penalty to the other players.
3. Remaining players makes their Front, Middle, and Back hands or plays their hand as a Clean Sweep hand.
4. A showdown between all players is done, starting with the 1st player to the right of the dealer puck.

Showdown

A showdown is where each player compares their 3 Chinese poker hands against each player. Player hands are compared separately against the other players.

1 unit won from each player that you beat and 1 unit is lost for each hand you lose. When a tie occurs no money is exchanged between those 2 players.

PokerFever.com offers 2 variations of Chinese Poker, Western and Eastern.

Western Chinese Poker

In Western Chinese Poker, a player who wins the majority of hands against a player earns an additional point.

For example: If you win 2 of 3 hands against another player, you gain 1 unit for winning 2 of the 3 hands plus you win 1 for winning the majority of hands, for a gain of 2.

Eastern Chinese Poker

Eastern Chinese Poker awards bonuses for certain hands. When a bonus hand is played you only win the bonus for the hand and not for winning the hand.

For Example: If a player wins all 3 hands against with a Straigh Flush as their back hand they would win 1 point each for the Front and Back hands and only the bonus for the Back hand of 4 points, for a gain of 7.

Double Bonus

The bonus for a hand doubles if the hand is of the same type as the opponent's, but of higher rank. Example: if Player A's back hand is K♣ K♠ K♦ K♥ 5♣ and Player B's is 9♣9♥9♠9♦3♥, Player A earns a bonus of 8 units, instead of 4.

Clean Sweep hands win automatically provided it is not beat by another Clean Sweep hand.

When dealt a Clean Sweep hand you must click Submit Natural or the hand will be played as a normal hand. When 2 or more Clean Sweep hands are dealt and submitted as "natural", the highest Clean Sweep hand wins the total points for the hand. If 2 or more Clean Sweep hands tie, nothing is exchanged between those players.

You are dealt the following cards:

You could arrange the Front, Middle and back hands like this:

The back hand, a straight flush is higher than the middle hand which is a 4 of a Kind, which beats the 3 of a Kind for the front hand.

Front hand
Middle hand
Back hand

Player Hands

	Front Hand	Middle Hand	Back Hand
Player A
Player B
Player C
Player D

The Tally

Player A wins 6 hands and loses 3 for a gain of 3.

Player B wins 1 hand and loses 8 for a loss of 7.

Player C wins 7 hands and loses 2 for a gain of 5.

Player D wins 4 hands and loses 5 for a loss of 1.

1. Players may surrender their hand before the showdown.
2. Surrendered hands will not be compared with other hands, however you must pay each player 3 units to surrender.

3. Hands failed to be set in the proper ranking order for the front, middle and back hands, are fouled and the player must pay a penalty to each opponent who did not surrender

   Foulded hand penalties are as follows:

   • Players with a Clean Sweep hand are paid the value of the Clean Sweep hand.
   • Players with a regular hand are paid 3 units plus any of the players bonus.

4. A player fouls if they declare a Clean Sweep without having one.

   Dealer Puck

   Clean Sweep uses a dealer puck to start payment to players. The 1st player to the right of the dealer puck is the 1st player to compare their hand. Players with a low bankroll are prevented from winning or losing more than they have available on the table.