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High Stakes Chinese Poker
Here a link to a Phil Hellmuth Video where he talks about losing $536k to Phil Ivey playing Chinese Poker. So, while Chinese Poker is not as popular a game as Texas Holdem, it is a game that the pros play, and they play it for serious stakes.
Rules of Chinese Poker
In Chinese Poker, each player is dealt 13 cards. Players than arrange those 13 cards are then arranged into 3 Hands.
A Back Hand of 5 cards. The Back Hand must be the highest of the three hands. Next a
Middle Hand is made out of 5 cards. The Middle Hand must be the second highest of the three hands.
Finally, a 3 card hand is made, called the Front Hand.
Once the hands are played, each player compares his 3 hands against those of each of the other players. So in a 4-player game, each player compares their Back Hand
against three other Back Hands. They compare their Middle Hand against the other three opponents Middle Hands. And they compare their Front Hand against each of the front
hands at the table.
You win 1 unit for each corresponding hand of another player that you beat and lose 1 for each hand that beats you. When the hands match, you neither win nor lose.
There are two versions of Chinese Poker being offered online. Eastern and Western.
Clean Sweep Hands
A Clean Sweep is one of several hands with a special ranking that wins automatically. Here they are in descending order.
| Dragon |
One of every rank |
13 |
| 13 Colors |
13 cards of one color |
13 |
| 12 Colors |
Exactly 12 cards of one color |
3 |
| 6 Pair |
(4-of-a-Kind can count as 2 pair) |
3 |
| 3 Straights |
Straights in front, middle, and back |
3 |
| 3 Flushes |
Suited cards in front, middle, and back |
3 |
If multiple players have Clean Sweep hands, the higher ranking hand wins the total unit value for that hand; the value for the lower ranking Clean Sweep hand won't be subtracted.
If 2 Clean Sweep hands have the same ranking, they tie. No money is exchanged between these 2 players, but they collect from the others.
If you don't declare a Clean Sweep, it plays as a regular hand.
Western Chinese Poker:
In Western Chinese Poker, a player who wins the majority of hands earns an additional point.
So if a player wins 2 of 3 hands against an opponent, he earns 2 units for his winning hands, loses 1, and gains 1 for winning the majority of hands. The player thus nets +2 from that opponent.
Eastern Chinese Poker:
Eastern Chinese Poker awards bonuses for certain hands
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Front
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Middle
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Back
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| 3-of-a-Kind |
3
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| Full House |
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2
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| 4-of-a-Kind |
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8
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4
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| Straight Flush |
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10
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5
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Surrender
A player may surrender his/her hand before the showdown. His/Her hand won't be compared with other players' hands, but the player must pay each opponent 3 units.
Notes:
- If a player fails to set front, middle and back hands in the proper ranking order, the hand fouls and the player pays a penalty to each opponent who didn't surrender:
Against a Clean Sweep hand, the value of the Clean Sweep hand.
Against a regular hand, 3 units + any opponent's bonus.
- A player fouls if he/she declares a Clean Sweep but can't produce it, unless an opponent has already declared intention to surrender.
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