How to Play Open Face Chinese Poker

① Get Your Cards
The first turn deals 5 cards — all go on the board. Four more turns follow, 3 cards each: use 2, discard 1. Once placed, a card can't move to another row, so every choice counts.
② Set Your Rows
Your back row must rank ≥ your middle row ≥ your front row. Get the order wrong and it's a foul — you lose all three rows and score nothing.
③ Showdown & Score
Once all three rows are set, compare them against your opponent's row by row. Win a row, score a point; sweep all three and earn a +3 Scoop bonus.

Work through a real example hand, round by round — click or drag to place cards, then hit "Confirm" to see whether you've fouled.

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How Are Results Scored?

After each hand, your three rows are compared against your opponent's: win a row and score a point, sweep all three for a +3 Scoop bonus. A fouled hand loses all three rows and scores nothing. Strong hands in the middle and back rows also earn bonus royalty points — the stronger the hand, the bigger the bonus, as shown in the table below.

The front row earns royalties too, starting with a pair of sixes: +1 for 66, up to +9 for AA. Trip up (222–AAA) on the front row and bonuses jump from +10 to +22.

Royalty // Bonus Payout
Hand	Back Row	Middle Row
Three of a Kind	+0	+2
Straight	+2	+4
Flush	+4	+8
Full House	+6	+12
Four of a Kind	+10	+20
Straight Flush	+15	+30
Royal Flush	+25	+50

Fantasyland

Make a qualifying hand with a pair of Queens or better on the front row (without fouling), and you'll enter Fantasyland on your next hand.

The first time you enter, you can get up to 17 cards at once and set all three rows in one go — no turn-by-turn decisions. Your cards stay face down until every other player finishes their hand.

Enter Fantasyland again in a row (re-fantasy) and you'll only get 14 cards. To stay in Fantasyland, make quads or better on the back row, or three of a kind on the front row.

While any player is in Fantasyland, the dealer position freezes, and no one can leave the table until every player has left Fantasyland.

Fantasyland tutorial screenshot: a QQ pair or better on the front row triggers Fantasyland

OFC SNG

OFC SNG seats exactly 3 players, and everyone is dealt the exact same cards each hand — with placements kept hidden from each other until showdown. Take luck out of the equation, and all that's left is placement skill and judgment.

Everyone starts with 300 chips. Blinds start at 10 and go up every hand: 10 → 20 → 40 → 60 → 90 → 120 → 200 → 300 → 900.

Run out of chips and you're eliminated — games run up to 30 hands.

OSR points are awarded by final ranking: the top three players earn +5, -1, and -3 OSR. Special cases apply too — if two players are eliminated at once, each loses 2 OSR; if two players remain after 30 hands with no winner, each gains 1 OSR; if all three remain, no OSR changes hands.