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Playing a Hand
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In Chinese Poker, each player receives a 13 card hand from a standard 52 card deck.
He then has to divide his cards into three Poker hands, two containing five cards
each and one three card hand. The only restriction is that both five card hands
must outrank the three card hand (Note: straights and flushes do not count in the
three card hand). The higher ranking of the five card hands, called the Back hand,
is placed face down on the table in front of the player. Then the other five card hand,
called the Middle hand, is placed face down in front of the Back hand. Finally, the
three card hand, called the Front hand, is placed (again face down) in front of the
middle hand. When all four players have set their hands, the cards are turned face up
and the deal is scored.
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Suppose you were dealt this:
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You could play:
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as the Front hand...
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in the Middle and
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in the Back.
Note that the Back hand outranks the Middle and the
Middle outranks the front.
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Copyright 2000-2017 Don Smolen
This material is sponsored in part by PokerStars.
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