chinese poker

[jsmith5]

a number of pros play online at tiger gaming for play money, but keep track of the points to settle up later. good place to learn

[DonkeyChip]

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There is also a 2-7 lowball variation where your middle hand is composed of a low. But to answer your question, yes it is like PaiGow.

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There are probably many variations...one me and my friend's use is a 3-handed version where you get 17 cards: the old 'middle' hand is a 2-7 hand and the 4 extra cards are a Badugi hand. Here only your 5-card high hand has to beat your 3-card hand (just like your '2-7 in the middle' version).

[vincevegas]

Have been wanting to play the 17 card variety but wasnt sure of pt distribution.....please give brief rundown. thanks.

[Rzitup]

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Have been wanting to play the 17 card variety but wasnt sure of pt distribution.....please give brief rundown. thanks.

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It's the same as regular Chinese Poker. One point per hand, and a point for winning. So if I win three out of four hands, I win two points net, plus a point for winning. Three points to me.
Greg invented this game (with an assist). He also added a twist. Since there are four hands there will be lots of ties. So after dealing out the hands you turn over a card in the stub (or last card if three handed), and whoever has the highest card of that suit in their 2-7 hand, wins a point.

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So is there any actual betting with these points? Or is just like a casino table game?

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No betting. Points = $$$.

If you (and your opponents) know how to set hands correctly, it's a flipping coins game.

If you don't know how to set hands correctly, then you are giving up equity to the players that do.

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the key is 95% of all players dont play optimally, they just think their intuition is correct. There is a lot of memorization to master Chinese Poker, its something few people are willing to do (or even know about)

[TeamGetBig]

vinagames.com is a website to play on w/out having to d/l a client. ez way to kill time at work.

[RoundTower]

Is tournament chinese poker more interesting than normal chinese poker? Are there any situations where, like in tourney BJ, you have to deviate from BS?

[Astyanax]

I'd like to ask a question even though I suppose this is the wrong forum.

I am interested about how big an edge a pro can have on you in Chinese Poker.

Let's say you're playing the 'best' player in the world and you 'out-boat' him 6-4 and 'out-bonus' him 6-4...over 1000 hands can he beat you using optimal strategy?

Thanks

[RoundTower]

I think only if you are a beginner or very close.

[No Fizzle]

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the key is 95% of all players dont play optimally, they just think their intuition is correct. There is a lot of memorization to master Chinese Poker, its something few people are willing to do (or even know about)

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Do you have a good link to an optimum strategy guide?