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Open Face Chinese (OFC) is a variant of Chinese Poker. Each player is dealt 13 cards with the goal of arranging these cards on a layout to form 3 different poker hands. Unlike traditional Chinese, these cards are not dealt simultaneously, and players must place additional cards as they are dealt in turn.

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Open Face Chinese Poker Gameplay

Open Face Chinese, also called OFC, can be played by 2 or 3 players.

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During the course of the hand, players will arrange their hole cards on the layout in rows to make 3 poker hands, arranged in order of ascending rank. These hands are called the top, middle, and bottom:

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  • Top hand: A 3-card poker hand, which may only rank as a high card, a pair, or three of a kind. Straights and flushes do not count. It must rank lowest of the 3 hands.
  • Middle hand: A standard 5-card poker hand. It must rank higher than the top hand.
  • Bottom hand: A standard 5-card poker hand. It must rank the highest of the 3 hands.

An OFC hand that breaks these rules (by having a top hand stronger than the middle hand, or a middle hand stronger than the bottom hand) is a fouled hand and automatically loses.

At the start of a hand, each player is dealt 5 face-down hole cards.

Clockwise from the dealer, players in turn set and confirm the positions of these 5 cards on the layout, face-up. Once confirmed, the cards become visible to all players and cannot be changed or moved.

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For the rest of the hand, each player is dealt 1 face-up card in turn, and must place the card into an available position on the layout. After a card has been placed, it cannot be changed or moved to a different row.

The remaining cards are dealt in this manner, one at a time, until all players have received a total of 13 cards and completed their layouts. Hands are then compared and scored.

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Scoring

At showdown, players hands are compared and points are exchanged based on hand strength.

Two players’ individual hands are first compared to each other for scoring, row to row (top against top, middle against middle, and bottom against bottom), with the better hand winning each comparison.

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  • 1 point is awarded to the winner of each of the three hands.
  • 3 bonus points are awarded if a player wins all three hands.

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Additional bonus points called royalties are then awarded for certain strong hands:

  • Bottom Royalties
  • Royal Flush: 25 points
  • Straight Flush: 15 points
  • Four of a Kind: 10 points
  • Full House: 6 points
  • Flush: 4 points
  • Straight: 2 points
  • Middle Royalties
  • Royal Flush: 50 points
  • Straight Flush: 30 points
  • Four of a Kind: 20 points
  • Full House: 12 points
  • Flush: 8 points
  • Straight: 4 points
  • Three of a Kind: 2 points

Top Royalties

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  • AAA: 22 points
  • KKK: 21 points
  • QQQ: 20 points
  • JJJ: 19 points
  • TTT: 18 points
  • 999: 17 points
  • 888: 16 points
  • 777: 15 points
  • 666: 14 points
  • 555: 13 points
  • 444: 12 points
  • 333: 11 points
  • 222: 10 points
  • AA: 9 points
  • KK: 8 points
  • QQ: 7 points
  • JJ: 6 points
  • TT: 5 points
  • 99: 4 points
  • 88: 3 points
  • 77: 2 points
  • 66: 1 point

The awarded points and royalties for both players are then recorded. If more than 2 players are playing, each remaining exchange is scored until all players have exchanged points with all other players in the hand.

After a round of hands completes, players settle the final total of points won or lost, by exchanging chips with the other players in turn. Players are not allowed to sit out or leave the table during a round of hands, and must wait until the round is complete.

Fantasyland

The Fantasyland bonus requirement in OFC is QQ+ (a pair of Queens or better as top).

A player enters Fantasyland by making a hand which both meets this requirement and does not foul.

The button does not advance during a Fantasyland bonus hand.

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In the bonus hand, the player in Fantasyland receives 13 cards face-down at the start of the hand to choose from, and sets a complete 13 card hand face-down on the first turn.

All players not in Fantasyland receive 5 starting cards as normal, and must draw and set their hands face-up in turn. The hand is then scored normally.

A player in Fantasyland may repeat Fantasyland and play another bonus hand by making one of the following strong hands while in Fantasyland:

  • Three of a Kind or better (top)
  • Full House or better (middle)
  • Four of a Kind or better (bottom)

Open Face Chinese is played for table stakes. The amount a player has at the table determines the maximum win or loss possible in one round.

Advantages

Pineapple OFC is an exciting variant of Texas Hold’em, but is not quite the same game. While the rules (hand ranking) are the same, the set-up is slightly different. It is a widely preferred game amongst both professionals and recreational players primarily because a) it is a relatively quick game to learn and play, and b) this game depends purely on math and strategy – no bluffs or ‘pokerfaces’ involved!
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  • OFC is a game based purely on numbers – math, equity, outs. This removes the ‘human elements’ such as bluffing, which means that you can master the game by studying and understanding the rules and your odds.
  • It is a relatively new game in the Indian market, which means that there aren’t too many sharks out there!
  • Once the game is learnt, there is no particular edge that a pro will have over a recreational player who understands the game equally well.
  • It is a relatively fast game.
  • Being a calculation-based game like chess, OFC is a great way to keep you mind sharp!
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