[dad604]

A dragon hand is the top hand in CP, unbeatable. It is a 13 card straight. Posting this because the way Duma had it looks confusing at first. I had to stop for a second and think before I realize he meant A to K straight. I held that hand many years ago in a New Years game. Someone betting on my hand make big $$$$. It took me quite a long time before I figure I had the Dragon, I thought I had a very bad hand because I didn't have any pairs at all.

[w16227]

The three card hand is just that - a 3 card hand. No straights or flushes. Best you can do is a set - which is another bonus depending on the rules in play.

This is a fun game. Pokerroom used to have this for play money and cash, but I believe that it was removed. Probably lack of interest/players.

If you know the "mathematical" strategy, there is little edge over your opponents, but there can still be some high rolling fish playing the game. At the series this year, Shieky was playing at the table next to us (lol - high rolling CP game next to the 4/8 low limit dweebs) and getting his clock cleaned. Hellmuth - looking your way as well. Not that I could beat Phil in CP - but man, even I know to stop after the second buy-in goes south.

Originally Posted by tikipirate

My group loves Chinese Poker. Quick question though,

For those who play with bonus points for special hands:

If you have three flushes or three straights, I know the back has to be higher than the middle. However does the front have to be higher than middle? Example:

K high flush in the back. 9 high flush in the middle. Front is A87s for a three card "flush". Does it play as A-high outranks 9-high?

[daveyboy]

In some Cali poker rooms (Hawaiian Gardens etc...), chinese poker is very popular. It is very intimidating to just jump in as a beginner because it is so fast and their are some many different ways to get points. The players are just flying chips to each other. By just a quick glance, they instantly who they owe money too and start flying chips.

We played a slightly simplified version of this in Hawaii and it was known as Pepito http://www.thepokergiant.net/pepito.html. In a four handed game, we would either have a rotating dealer or we would all compete against each other.

If we have a rotating dealer (or someone could stay a dealer if they choose), the other players would have to beat the dealer in 2 out of 3 hands to win whatever money they decided to wager against him.

If we all compete against each other, we would all put in, let say a $1 ante into the pot before the hands are dealt. To win the pot, you would have to win 2 out of 3 hands against ALL players. If no one wins, we might decide to add another ante to the pot until someone wins the whole thing. This version puts in a little different strategy in a sense that if you have a completely terrible or marginal hand, you might try and stack just 1 of your 3 hands to do your part and try to win at least one it so it can be a tie. For example, you might decide to spit your low straight on your bottom (best) hand so you can put 3 pairs to try and win the top (worst) hand and hope that someone else wins the bottom hand.


The amount of ties in this version is very similar to Pai Gow.

In both versions, we designate some very simple lock hands (automatic win). Royal Flush, Straight Flusth, 4 of a kind, no pairs (13 card straight), and 6 pairs (sometimes).

One more thing, to give the dealer the slight advantage and determine where to start the deal, we would flip the first card up after shuffling and give the dealer the . If the flipped card is a 2, the deal would start one player to the right of the dealer, if its a 3, it would start two players to the right of the dealer, and so on...

If we have more than 4 players, we would usually play in teams. You can also have people sit out hands like the casino.

We used to play some pretty big games in Hawaii with upwards of $50-100 bets against a dealer. I am sure people used to play even more than that too.

[the3rd]

Originally Posted by w16227

This is a fun game. Pokerroom used to have this for play money and cash, but I believe that it was removed. Probably lack of interest/players.

I could never play this online. I would time out every hand as slow as I am.

In some Cali poker rooms (Hawaiian Gardens etc...), chinese poker is still going strong.

If it is slow at the Venetian, they might spread it. When our 5 handed mixed game went to 4 some guys wanted to play. I was not going to play for $4 a point. I was barely holding my own in the other games.

[Mwhitey]

You can play it online at tigergaming.com (I'm pretty sure that's the site name) for real money and play money. I only play for play money online for Chinese Poker but we usually play it for anywhere from .25- 1.00 a point before home games until we have 5 players. Playing 4 handed there is usually one big loser and one decent winner every time if you play enough hands.

Mike