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The game of chinese poker isplayed by two to four players. The game is played for points,where each point is worth a set amount of money.

Each Chinese Poker player gets thirteencards to arrange into three hands, two five card hands and onethree card hand. These hands are called the back, middle and fronthand.

The hands will be compared against the correspondinghands of the other players. The objective of Chinese Poker isto arrange a set of hands that will beat the corresponding handsof the other players. There are often several possible ways toarrange the thirteen cards given to you and the only rules youhave to follow are that the back hand must be of a higher valuethan the middle hand, and the middle hand must be higher thanthe front hand. The value of each hand is determined by standardpoker rules. The front hand, with only three cards, cannot havea flush or straight.

Hand order: Back > Middle > Front.

After arranging all hands the players comparetheir hands to each other and the winner in each individual gamereceives a number of points, determined by how much they won.

In each round with four players there are sixtransactions of points.

Hand Values

The hands are evaluated as poker hands in thefollowing order:

1. Royal Flush
2. Straight flush
3. Four of a kind
4. Full house
5. Flush
6. Straight
7. Three of a kind
8. Two Pair
9. Pair

In Chinese Poker the lowest straight possibleis Ace, 2, 3, 4, 5. In the third hand (front hand) straights andflushes do not count.

Winning a round

The scoring in a game of chinese poker may seemcomplicated, but in general:

• If your hands outrank at least two out of thethree hands of another player, you win over that player.

At PlayersOnly.com 2-4 scoring is used which in general means that if you win twoout of three hands you get two points and if you win all threehands you get four points.

Scoring

When the players are done arranging their handsand the cards are put down. Each player compares their hands witheach of the other players and are rewarded points according toone of several systems.

The six comparisons that are made are:

• Player1 vs. Player2
• Player1 vs. Player3
• Player1 vs. Player4
• Player2 vs. Player3
• Player2 vs. Player4
• Player3 vs. Player4

2-4 scoring
This is the most common scoring and can be described in two rules:

1. A player that wins two out of three hands getstwo points.
2. A player that wins all three hands gets four points.

These rules are derived from the following setof rules:
The player with the higher Back hand gets one point.

The player with the higher Middle hand gets onepoint.

The player with the higher Front hand gets onepoint.

Bonus points, if any, are added to each player’stotal.

The player with the higher total gets an additionalpoint called the overall point.

The player with the higher total collects thedifference between the two scores.

1-4 scoring This is the same as 2-4 scoringonly there will be no overall point for winning two out of threehands. (Bonuses always count and surrender always applies, 2 points)

1-6 Scoring
This system is sometime called the mandarin way. In this systemwinning two out of three is worth one point and winning all threeis worth six points. (Bonuses always count and surrender alwaysapplies, 3 points) Without bonuses a player can potentially win18 points, 6 points from each of the other players.

Bonuses In addition to the basic payoffsdescribed so far, at some tables players pay bonuses for highranking hands. Typical bonus payments are:

• Straight Flush in back/Middle hand 4 points
• Four of a kind in back/middle hand 3 points
• Three of a kind in front hand 2 points
• Full house in middle hand 1 point

Surrender Surrender is a scoring optionin which a player agrees to throw his hand away and pay a setamount to each opponent. The amount is 2 points for a 2-4 game,3 points in a 1-6 game. If two players surrender they tie.

Rake
At PlayersOnly.com a small fee is taken for each played hand, the amount varies dependingon the amount per point and the number of players at the table.