In Chinese poker, you are dealt 13 cards, and the goal is to arrange them into two decks of five cards and one deck of three cards that will beat the other poker hands at the table. Chinese poker is played with 52 cards and four players, Once the players agree on a stake, the cards are shuffled and dealt.
Each player arranges their “back”, “middle”, and “front” hands, ranking them best to worst, respectively. Once finished, each player places the hands, face down on the table, back hand closest to the middle and so on. Hands are judged according to standard poker rules.
When everyone has placed their cards on the table, players turn their cards over and corresponding hands are compared, such that at the end of the hand, there are three winning hands. Winners win one unit per hand won. There are special circumstances for players who win all three hands or for hands that combine to give the player a flush or a straight. If a player is holding a straight or a flush, he may lay the cards down all at once instead of in the 5, 5, 3 order, but he must beat all hands on the table to win.
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