Rules for Chinese Poker

In Chinese Poker, each player is given 13 cards. Players than arrange those 13 cards 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. The last is a 3 card hand called the Front Hand.

Once the game starts, 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.

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:

Clean Sweep Hands

A Clean Sweep is one of several hands with a special ranking that wins automatically. Here they are in descending order.

• 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.

Surrender