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10-31-2012 , 02:29 AM

#126

Clayton

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Originally Posted by Dantes

Am I the only person who prefers no royalties?

you're a nit

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10-31-2012 , 04:16 AM

#127

CompleteDonk

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Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 9,787

Playing OFC without royalties is like playing Limit Omaha Hi.

Last edited by CompleteDonk; 10-31-2012 at 04:19 AM. Reason: the Hyundai of poker

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10-31-2012 , 09:41 AM

#128

Dantes

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Originally Posted by Clayton

you're a nit

I'll take that as a compliment from you sir

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11-01-2012 , 04:26 PM

#129

mgtjr

newbie

Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 21

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Originally Posted by CompleteDonk

Playing OFC without royalties is like playing Limit Omaha Hi.

Really! Why even play without that? Pounding someone with huge royalties is the best!

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11-04-2012 , 05:59 PM

#130

vasysm

stranger

Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 5

A doubling cube (as in backgammon) would enhance the game. Refusing a "double" request would surrender the hand.

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11-07-2012 , 07:20 AM

#131

tRaMSt0p

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Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 213

Just wondering if anyone know/has a good system for the sweep royalties?

So far I've seen people mention that flush/flush/flush is worth 25 points, but how about some of the others?

13 of one suit (20 points), Dragon (13), 12 of one suit + kicker (8), Straights (6), 6 Pairs (3) <-- the sweep points in Chinese Poker (2-4 scoring method)

Note: Flushes worth 4 in above scoring method.

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11-10-2012 , 01:42 PM

#132

mgtjr

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Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 21

What is everyone doing for top hand royalties when playing 2 to 7 in the middle?
We are doing this:
Trips: 10
AA: 4
KK: 3
Qq: 2
Jj: 1

We are also starting with 6 cards and passing 1
Pretty sick

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11-11-2012 , 12:58 PM

#133

gordo16

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Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,155

when playing with the 2s/2c royalties, how do you define winning/losing hands? is it just done by overall winner of points or winner of spots? to clarify, say someone has KKK66, A-hi, Q-hi with on the deuces in their hand and beats a 2pr, pair, pair hand for 5 points. do they win this hand since they won $ or do they lose since they lost two of the spots?

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11-11-2012 , 09:51 PM

#134

TwoSixSooted

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Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 401

There's a really well designed open faced app in the app store now. Just search "chinese open face." I'm hoping they add some multiplayer availibility through bluetooth or the game center though. Looks like it's just pass and play at the moment.

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11-11-2012 , 11:07 PM

#135

mgtjr

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Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 21

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Originally Posted by TwoSixSooted

They are adding Bluetooth and Game Center. They have a twitter feed @chineseopenface

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11-12-2012 , 07:55 AM

#136

randominternet2345

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Originally Posted by mgtjr

What is everyone doing for top hand royalties when playing 2 to 7 in the middle?
We are doing this:
Trips: 10
AA: 4
KK: 3
Qq: 2
Jj: 1

We are also starting with 6 cards and passing 1
Pretty sick

haven't even thought about this variant of open faced but definitively a fan as I was introduced to reg chinese in the high-2-7-high variety

without thinking about it too much those top hands seem to be slightly undervalued if you want the same action as hi-hi-hi open faced.... what are royalties for the 2-7 hand?

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11-12-2012 , 12:08 PM

#137

mgtjr

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Originally Posted by noseeds99

We haven't been doing any in the middle have, but have been talking about doing negative royalties for pairs or more in the middle

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11-13-2012 , 02:55 PM

#138

CajunDragon

grinder

Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 571

Is there a site (merge stars ftp) that offers Open Face Chinese? iPad app?

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11-13-2012 , 07:01 PM

#139

mgtjr

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Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 21

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Originally Posted by CajunDragon

Is there a site (merge stars ftp) that offers Open Face Chinese? iPad app?

yes. it is an iphone app, but if you search "open face" and then look at iphone apps, it is in there

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11-13-2012 , 07:10 PM

#140

CajunDragon

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Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 571

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Originally Posted by mgtjr

yes. it is an iphone app, but if you search "open face" and then look at iphone apps, it is in there

Thanks! Playing with it now.

Set my middle hand with a T high and my front with a Q high and it didn't give me a fouled hand error. Is this normal or a bug in the program? If normal, I must not know the rules properly.

Had straight on the back end.

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11-15-2012 , 05:49 PM

#141

bigj0e03

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That is a bug, an update should be coming out soon.

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11-18-2012 , 05:56 AM

#142

tufat23

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what happens if u tie a street, eg j52 vs j52 when someone loses the other 2 parts?

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11-18-2012 , 12:48 PM

#143

mgtjr

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Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 21

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Originally Posted by tufat23

what happens if u tie a street, eg j52 vs j52 when someone loses the other 2 parts?

Would just be 2 points.

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11-18-2012 , 03:26 PM

#144

netstorm

old hand

Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,759

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Originally Posted by tufat23

what happens if u tie a street, eg j52 vs j52 when someone loses the other 2 parts?

high card ftw

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11-19-2012 , 12:39 AM

#145

aceinspace

centurion

Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 100

I think it is too tedious to remember the royalities on the 3-card hand from 66x to AAA. All trips should be treated the same.

So I think this is a good alternative:

Pairs 2 to 5: 1 pt.
6 to 9: 2 pts.
10 to K: 3 pts.
Aces: 4 pts.

All trips: 15 pts.

It's so hard/lucky/risky to make trips in the open format I doubt anyone can make it once in 100 hands. The easiest path I can think of is to have a straight or flush already in the back hand and have pair/pair in the front 2 hands with 2 cards to go and somehow making trips with 2 lucky draws.

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11-19-2012 , 01:52 PM

#146

aceinspace

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Now I have giving it some more thought the pair bonuses should be higher because there is more risk/reward. So 66's = 1 pt. up to AA's = 9 pt. is fine. Just make all trips 15 (or 20 pts.)

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11-19-2012 , 06:35 PM

#147

aceinspace

centurion

Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 100

I think the normal game you go against all 3 opponents every hand so the swings will be very big when you run good or bad. One way to reduce exposure is this: since you already play with a deal button you can make the other 3 players go just against the dealer on that hand then as you rotate the button you take turns taking on 3 opponents.

Also, I am coming up with some countermeasures to prevent cheating against the dealer and a cold deck.

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11-20-2012 , 12:52 PM

#148

Purrel

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Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 63

My friends and I implented the nine of clubs rule in this game. This means that whenever you get dealt the 9c, you háve to switch two cards (between lines) at the end when all cards have been dealt. This means that you can go from a foul hand to a superb hand with one single switch. You can't switch the 9c itself, tho, and if you for some reason forget to switch, your hand is dead. We're not quite clear what counts (as in timing) as "forgot to switch" just yet, tho.

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11-21-2012 , 08:23 AM

#149

tRaMSt0p

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Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 213

Me and a friend (and sometimes a third player when we add two jokers) have been playing a version where we add a 4th hand of 2-7.

We altered the scoring for royalties (mainly due to receiving more cards) to be Royal 20, Straight Flush 12, Quads 8 and obviously double in the middle and the normal 2, 4, 6 for straight, flush, full house.

However the bonuses we have for the 2-7 version include:

75432: 6 points
76432: 4
76532: 2
76542: 1

Pair: -1
Trips: -2
Straight: -4
Flush: -8
Full House: -10

If there is a chop between the four hands, we give a point to whoever has the better standard back hand.

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11-22-2012 , 11:59 AM

#150

NMcNasty

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Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 3,990

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Originally Posted by TwoSixSooted

That ap has potential and works fine as a pass 'n play with humans, but as of this posting the computer AI cheats. I thought I was just being paranoid till the comp set a pair of tens up top from the start then happened to make 2 pair in the middle and a four-flush at the bottom. Then it drew its flush card on the second to last card, but actually placed it in the middle instead of the bottom, knowing its last card was going to be a higher flush card despite at there was only one left out of four cards.

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