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This page is based on information from Dave Holdsworth.

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How to play OFC (Open Face Chinese Poker) The game is usually played with all the standard 52 cards. The players in the game are dealt with thirteen hole cards, and they have to fill three cards in the front hand, five cards each in the middle hand and back hand. The game begins with the left of the dealer, in clockwise direction.

Variations
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Introduction

Despite its name, this variant of Chinese Poker, sometimes known as Open Hand Chinese Poker or just as OFCP, originated in Russia and Finland in the early 21st century. It was introduced to the poker tournament circuit by Russian players in the Aviation Club, Paris in early 2012 and has since become generally popular, and the side-game of choice for professional poker players in the US and Europe.

Players and Cards

The game can be played by 2, 3 or 4 players, each playing for themselves. A standard 52-card deck is used. Deal and play are clockwise. Before playing it is necessary to agree on a stake per point.

Arrangement of Cards

The objective of the game is for each player to develop over the course of a deal their best 'back' hand of 5 cards, 'middle' hand of 5 cards and 'front' hand of 3 cards from a total of 13 cards. Initially the player has 5 cards to distribute among the hands. Then further cards are drawn one at a time, and the player has to decide where to place each card before seeing what will come next. 'Open face' in the name of the game refers to the fact that during the game all hands are visible to all players.

For a player's hands to be valid, the back hand must be better than or equal to the middle hand, and the middle hand must be better than the front hand. If these conditions are not met the player's hand is considered 'foul' and does not score. Note that in Open Face Chinese Poker (unlike standard Chinese Poker), a player may easily get into a situation where a foul is unavoidable, if the last few cards are not what the player hoped for.

The standard poker ranking is used - so the hand types from high to low are: royal flush, straight flush, four of a kind, full house, flush, straight, three of a kind, two pairs, one pair, high card (see the page on ranking of poker hands). There are no wild cards.

Since the front hand has only 3 cards, only three hand types are possible: three of a kind; one pair; high card. There is no value in having a front hand with three consecutive cards or three cards of the same suit: 'straights' or 'flushes' in the front hand do not count.

Deal and Play

One player is designated dealer and deals 5 cards to each player, one at a time face down. The player to dealer's left now sets his or her 5 cards, placing them face up on the table, assigning each card to the front, middle or back hand. The other players do the same, in turn, ending with the dealer.

Once all players have set their first 5 cards, play continues clockwise, starting with the player on the dealer's left. Each player in turn draws the top card of the stock, exposes it, and adds it to one of his or her three hands. Once played, cards cannot be moved from one hand to another, and when a hand has its full complement of cards (5 in the back or middle, 3 in the front), no more can be added. When everyone has 13 cards, the hands are compared and scored.

The deal moves to the left after each hand.

Scoring

Each pair of players compares corresponding hands. So with three players there are three pairs of hands to be compared and scored: A against B, A against C and B against C. With four players there are six pairs: A against B, A against C, A against D, B against C, C against D, C against D.

For each pair of players, scores are calculated as follows.

For each of the three hands, back, middle and front, the player with the better hand scores one point.
If the same player wins all three hands, that player scores an extra bonus of 3 points.
Points are also awarded for royalties: making certain hand values in the different hand positions, which are then added to the score. Unlike standard Chinese Poker, royalties are usually counted for both players being compared.
The player who has fewer points pays the difference between the scores to the player who has more.
A player who has a foul hand scores nothing for any hand, but instead pays 6 points for the foul plus points for any royalties the opponent may have. If both players being compared have foul hands then neither scores.

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Each hand won: 1 point
Bonus for winning all three hands (sweep): 3 points
Opponent's Foul: 6 points

(Note: There are two common methods for scoring normal Chinese Poker

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1 point per hand plus 3 points for a sweep, called 1-6 scoring because a player wins 1 point (2-1) for winning two out of three hands and 6 points (3+3) for winning all three
1 point per hand plus 1 point for winning the majority of hands, called 2-4 scoring. because a player wins 2 points (2-1+1) for winning two out of three hands and 4 points (3+1) for winning all three.

OFCP is normally played with 1-6 scoring as shown above.)

Points for Royalties

Back Hand:: Straight = 2 points; Flush = 4 points; Full House = 6 points; Four of A Kind = 10 points; Straight Flush = 15 points; Royal Flush = 25 points
Middle Hand (double the bonus for back hand):: Straight = 4 points; Flush = 8 points; Full House = 12 points; Four of a Kind = 20 points; Straight Flush = 30 points; Royal Flush = 50 points
Front Hand: Pair of Sixes (6, 6) = 1 point; Pair of Sevens (7, 7) = 2 points; Pair of Eights (8, 8) = 3 points; Pair of Nines (9, 9) = 4 points; Pair of Tens (10, 10) = 5 points; Pair of Jacks (J, J) = 6 points; Pair of Queens (Q, Q) = 7 points; Pair of Kings (K, K) = 8 points; Pair of Aces (A, A) = 9 points; 3 of a Kind = 20 points

Variations

OFCP is evolving and many minor variations in scoring can be seen, even in the casino game.

Scoring Variations

Some play with different scoring for 3 of a kind in the Front hand:

3 of a Kind Twos (2, 2, 2) = 10 points
3 of a Kind Threes (3, 3, 3) = 11 points
3 of a Kind Fours (4, 4, 4) = 12 points
3 of a Kind Fives (5, 5, 5) = 13 points
3 of a Kind Sixes (6, 6, 6) = 14 points
3 of a Kind Sevens (7, 7, 7) = 15 points
3 of a Kind Eights (8, 8, 8) = 16 points
3 of a Kind Nines (9, 9, 9) = 17 points
3 of a Kind Tens (10, 10, 10) = 18 points
3 of a Kind Jacks (J, J, J) = 19 points
3 of a Kind Queens (Q, Q, Q) = 20 points
3 of a Kind Kings (K, K, K) = 21 points
3 of a Kind Aces (A, A, A) = 22 points

Some play that Trips in the Middle = 2 points

Some play that Trips in the Middle = 2 points and Trips in the Back = 1 poi

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