Open Face Chinese

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On December 25 2012 21:58 player999 wrote: played a lot w/ friends last 2 days, game is so awesome this hand came up playing HU today me: villain: I draw we got 4 outs to improve on front (three 9s for +4 royalty, 1 ace for +9), and 4 to improve middle (for epic +12 on middle) however we lose the scoop if we put it at front. what do you guys think? what if it were 3 or 4 handed btw? results (not that it matters): + Show Spoiler + put the 4 at front and drew A on the last, sigh not sure if results oriented but I guess I should've really went for the scoop while still freerolling some more points

this is actually a fairly easy EV problem. just have to know how much to scoop, how much to win 2 also and you can write out the different scenarios and calculate it. have to take into account that you can still win the top if you draw a KQJT and he doesnt draw an A/T/9 or higher broadway. I guess its not so easy haha, but you just have to be pretty meticulous

Yeah I think playing for the scoop is best.

Something like %30 you get an extra 5 when u place 4 in middle vs 10% you hit ur boat and get 12.

So .30 * 5 > .1 * 12 without even counting top royalties yet.

Was bored, did the math.

There are 28 cards left.
If you play your 4 on front, you have 4 cards to win +12 (royalty for a full house in the middle)
If you play your 4 on middle, you are aiming at the scoop and royalties for pairs on top:

3 nines to win both scoop and royalty (+5+4), and 1 Ace for (+5+9), and it is not clear which cards will you make win only the scoop (let's assume J+ : 2 Jacks, 2 Queens, 3 Kings), so 7 cards to win (+5).

So if 4 on front, ev : 4/28*12=1,71

If 4 on middle, 3/28*9+1/28*14+7/28+5=0,96+0,5+1,25=2,71

So it's pretty clear you should play for the scoop.

But if you were to play in second, if getting a higcard, he could (and should) play it on top, in order to secure the top. If he puts a Quen, you still should go for the scoop, but if he places a King, it would be better to place the 4 on top.

Concenring the points, can someone confirm that at at every hand the sum of the points must be zero ?
so if we are two, and I have a +12 royalty, my opponent has -12, and +12 for me.
And if we are three, they both have -12, and I have +24 (+12 from each)
is that right ?

On January 08 2013 07:55 kingpowa wrote: Concenring the points, can someone confirm that at at every hand the sum of the points must be zero ? so if we are two, and I have a +12 royalty, my opponent has -12, and +12 for me. And if we are three, they both have -12, and I have +24 (+12 from each) is that right ?

Yeah that's right. Although if you're heads up you don't really need to do negative for one person and positive for the other since all that really tells you is who owes what; you can just add points to one person. Also in a casino setting you just pay at the end of each hand.

If anyone wants to add me on game center, I'm TimDawg888

too bad this thread didn't go anywhere.

hey jonny wanna play some chinese? 50$ pt?

how can I play it on PC?

This is interesting variant, I've only ever played 13card chinese. where you set it all at once.
Super fun either way, gonna give this a try.

On January 17 2013 05:51 Trolala wrote: how can I play it on PC?

I was wondering the same thing, anyone knows if its possible?

It seems like this app has some serious security issues :

http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/team_po...d-on-the-open-face-chines-130327.html

So if you have been seeing some fishy play, it might be related...

On February 18 2013 15:30 Denar wrote: It seems like this app has some serious security issues : http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/team_po...d-on-the-open-face-chines-130327.html So if you have been seeing some fishy play, it might be related...

So sad to read this, I havent play for money but really wanted to. Are they taking care of these issues? Will ever be safe to play for money or the developers dont care?

Can you make like 5+ fantasy lands in a row?

You can make 100+ if u run hot enuf

how's this game? still gaining momentum, or just a fad?

serious question. i am hoping stars/tilt will have real money ofc games in the future.

i've been playing a lot more of the pineapple version with friends

basically the same as regular OFC but instead of one card at a time, you get 3 at once and you must play 2 and discard 1 (the discards are face down). the game is much faster + you can go to fantasy a lot more/make better royalties

hopefully the OFC app will come out with an update for it as it continues to get more popular

The pineapple version is absolute crack. When they update the OFC app on iPhone w the pineapple version I will be playing none stop. Timdawg add me

On July 30 2013 00:25 TimDawg wrote: i've been playing a lot more of the pineapple version with friends basically the same as regular OFC but instead of one card at a time, you get 3 at once and you must play 2 and discard 1 (the discards are face down). the game is much faster + you can go to fantasy a lot more/make better royalties hopefully the OFC app will come out with an update for it as it continues to get more popular

we play aces up top as the qualifier for fantasy in pineapple instead of queens.

On July 30 2013 21:27 djforever wrote: Show nested quote + On July 30 2013 00:25 TimDawg wrote: i've been playing a lot more of the pineapple version with friends basically the same as regular OFC but instead of one card at a time, you get 3 at once and you must play 2 and discard 1 (the discards are face down). the game is much faster + you can go to fantasy a lot more/make better royalties hopefully the OFC app will come out with an update for it as it continues to get more popular we play aces up top as the qualifier for fantasy in pineapple instead of queens.

fuck that. embrace the variance