Know about OFC poker rules
As you know, poker is a vast collection of several games. One of the exciting and unique variants of poker game is Chinese poker. Open-faced Chinese poker or ofc poker is one of the variations of Chinese poker.
What is Chinese poker?
In these Chinese poker games, the players have to:
- Make three poker hands.
- The three poker hands should be – five cards on each hand and one hand with three cards.
- As per the poker hand ranking, the best-ranked cards are placed higher and then the next best hand is placed.
- The front three cards can be a high card, one pair or three of a kind.
- To play the game of Ofc poker, a minimum of two players and a maximum of four players are needed.
- There is a dealer button in Open-faced Chinese poker too, like in many other poker games.
- Ofc poker follows all the basic rules of Chinese poker.
How to play ofc poker?
- The game starts when the dealer gives cards to the players. He starts dealing from the left. As the players of ofc poker get the cards, they begin to arrange the same in a face-up manner.
- The players intend to make three types of hands – front, middle, and backhands.
- Then, the dealer deals one card face down.
- The players keep taking many turns and keep their remaining cards down and finish making all the three poker hands.
What are the types of OFC Poker?
There are variants of Ofc poker online games. The same include:
Pineapple OFC poker
Three players play this most popular variation of the ofc poker. The dealer deals 14 cards each to the players and the players keep these cards in such a way that they do not show the same to their opponent.
Double-check OFC
In this Chinese poker game variant, the players need two decks of cards that are mixed nicely. The players can play it in the same manner as one deck variety is played.
Turbo OFC
As the name says, it is an action-packed game in which, the player gets five cards each. The dealer also deals additional four cards to you after every round.
Points chart
Backhand:
Straight – 2 points
Flush – 4 points
Full house – 6 points
Four of a kind – 10 points
Straight flush – 15 points
Royal Flush – 25 points
Middle hand:
Straight –4 points
Flush –8 points
Full house – 12 points
Four of a kind –20 points
Straight flush – 30 points
Royal Flush – 50 points
Front hand:
Pair of Sixes – 1 point
Pair of Sevens – 2 points
Pair of Eights – 3 points
Pair of Nines – 4 points
Pair of Tens – 5 points
Pair of Jacks – 6 points
Pair of Queens – 7 points
Pair of Kings – 8 points
Pair of Aces – 9 points
3 of a Kind – 20 points
Inference
Isn’t this a fun variant of poker? Experience the game yourself!