Chinese Poker

• Number of players: exactly 4

• Stakes: Players ante $.75. Match the pot occurs for each round with a $6 maximum.

• Wild cards: no

Overview

• Players are dealt 13 cards and will form 3 hands (two 5-card hands and one 3-card hand).

• Game continues for the declared number of rounds (typically 3 or possibly 4).

How To Play

• Each round players are dealt 13 cards.

• Poker hands are normal 5-card poker hands for the two 5-card hands.  The 3-card hand has no straights or flushes.

• Players arranged their cards into 3 hands.  The first hand must be a better poker hand than the second hand and the second had must be a better poker hand than the third.

• The three hands are evaluated to determine which player has the best of each.  Players receive 1/3 of the pot for each hand they win.  Players that don't win a hand will match the pot with a $6 maximum.

• If all three tricks are won by one player, than the other players pay the winner the pot value and the game ends.

• Game repeats for the number of rounds declared.  No players will pay in the last round until one player wins all 3 hands.