Abc Open Face Chinese Poker With Pineapple
The popularity of open-face Chinese poker has exploded during the past few years, with tens of thousands of players logging into their favourite Chinese poker app daily and playing against friends, family members and complete strangers.
Pineapple OFC is a derivative of standard open-face Chinese poker with Fantasyland, the rules for which can be found here. Just as in regular OFC, the players get several cards in turn, and place. Here, we introduce the game, and play a few OFC Pineapple rounds, against a computer opponent. A million games are played every week, by poker players around the world. Check us it out on iPhone. 18+ T&C Apply – To receive the welcome bonus a minimum deposit of £/€/$ 10 is required. The minimum deposit for other offers that require a deposit will be clearly communicated. Maximum bonus offered will be communicated Abc Open Face Chinese Poker With Pineapple in the details of each specific promo. Connect with your Friends. Connect with your friends securely through Apple’s Gamecenter. Play our computer opponent, play your best friends, or make friends easily by auto-matching to a random opponent for instant action!
Before open-face Chinese poker rose to prominence, fans of the game had limited choice of mobile Chinese poker apps. These days, with the game being hugely popular, fans of the game can head to the Apple App Store or the Google Play store and choose from a plethora of Chinese poker apps for both iPhone and Android-powered devices.
Many of these Chinese poker apps lay claim to being the best Chinese poker app for iPhone or Android; however, there is one undisputed king of them all — TonyBet Poker. Below is a look at the seven best apps for Chinese poker aficionados.
1. TonyBet Poker
TonyBet Poker launched in December 2013 and became an instant hit thanks to it being the only global site dedicated to real-money open-face Chinese poker games online. Available for Windows-based PCs, Mac, and both Android and iPhone, TonyBet Poker is the place to be if you want to test your skills in cash games, sit-and-go and multi-table tournaments and do so for actual money.
Several Chinese poker variants are offered at TonyBet Poker, including classic, pineapple, 2-7 pineapple and progressive pineapple. Cash game stakes start as low as €0.02 per point and increase to a massive €100 per point if you have the bankroll for it, with tournaments ranging from €1 to €100.
You can play TonyBet Poker on the move thanks to its fantastic Chinese Poker app. iPhone users can download the software either by scanning a QR code on the TonyBet site, or by heading to the Apple App Store. If you want the TonyBet Chinese Poker app Android edition, you can scan a QR code on the TonyBet Poker site or download the software directly from the site.
2. Open Face Chinese Poker by Pocket Cowboys
Remember earlier in the article when we mentioned that mobile Chinese poker apps were few and far between in the beginning? One of the originals apps was Open Face Chinese Poker by Pocket Cowboys and it is still up there with best apps.
The app is simple, yet does the job perfectly and even offers an offline mode for the times you don’t have internet access. To gain access to this Chinese poker app, Android users can head to the Google Play store or the Apple AppStore.
3. ABC Open Face Chinese Poker with Pineapple by PokerPoker LLC
ABC Open Face Chinese Poker with Pineapple is quite comprehensive and, as the name suggest, features the pineapple variant of Chinese poker. It is another app that has been around for quite some time and has been updated on numerous occasions.
The main gripe we have is that the app is iPhone only, and doesn’t feature Android support at present.
.4 Open Face Chinese Poker by MWSGames
While number three on our list only supports Apple devices, the opposite is true of MWSGames’ Open Face Chinese Poker app. Android users should enjoy it’s simple, clear design, and the fact you can play online against other, versus friends on the same device or even a both in offline mode.
The main drawbacks of this app are it isn’t as popular as the previously mentioned apps, so finding games against fellow humans can prove a frustrating task, and the bot isn’t the strongest competition.
5. Open Face Chinese Poker with Pineapple and Wild Cards by Corvid Apps
The great thing about this Chinese poker app, iPhone and Android users can play against each other across platforms. The worst thing? It costs £4.49 ($6.50) in the Apple App Store, which is much more expensive than some of the paid-for apps, and obviously infinitely more expensive that the free-to-play apps.
The app itself runs smoothly, looks clean and has a cool feature where you can shake your device to sort your cards.
6. Open-face Chinese Poker by The Golden Club
This Android-only Chinese poker app would be ranked higher had the number of users been higher. Those of you who love statistics and rankings will enjoy this app because it has a number of statistics available as well as leaderboards.
The lack of iPhone support marks it down, as does the less-than-pleasing color scheme that won’t be to everyone’s taste.
7. Oye Pineapple Poker by Oye Games Ltd
Oye Pineapple Poker promises 'heart-pounding tournaments' and 'online real-time games around the world' but the traffic is very low when compared to other poker Chinese poker apps.
Both the Chinese poker app Android and iPhone versions have nice graphics, with the app’s biggest downfall being the in-app purchases of chips that are required to play the games.
In summary, none of the mobile Chinese poker apps come close to beating that offered by TonyBet, which is the place to go if you want to play for real money and compete in some potentially huge online and live open-face Chinese poker tournaments. We’ll see you in Fantasyland!
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Chinese poker is a beginner-friendly poker game, where players don’t need to bet or bluff, and only play with points. Instead of holding just one hand, however, players hold 3; a bottom and middle hand with a total of 5 cards, and a top hand with a total of 3.
These hands are arranged like a pyramid, and in Open Face Chinese (OFC) Poker, they are also displayed face up. This means all players can view the cards you have in play, and makes the game less about representing a hand and more about making well-calculated choices in arranging the cards dealt to you.
The number of cards you receive in each round depends on the variation you’re playing, and we’ll get into more detail on the rules and variations of OFC below.
OFC Games Available on CoinPoker
For the moment you will be able to find OFC Pineapple, the game’s most popular variation, in the CoinPoker lobby. Depending on community feedback, more versions of this fast-paced poker game will be added in the future.
OFC Classic and Pineapple Rules
Classic Open Face Chinese and its Pineapple variation are strikingly similar games with just a few key differences. Below we’ll cover the basics of the classic game, and point out how Pineapple differs and why it makes it a faster-paced and more popular variation.
OFC Basic GameplayClassic OFC can be played by 2, 3, or 4 players while its Pineapple counterpart has a maximum number of players set at 3. The reason for this difference is that more cards are dealt in Pineapple, but we’ll get into that a little later.
Every OFC cash game follows the same principles as Hold’Em or PLO in the sense that they have a set buy-in. The difference is that when you sit down at the table with your buy-in there will be no bets or chips. Instead, you will compete for points, and each table has an assigned value to one point. For example, a 500 CHP buy-in game will usually have a 5CHP/point value set.
Each round is referred to as a set, and the number of hands in a set depends on the number of players at the table.
- A Set with 2 Players Consists of 2 Hands
- A Set with 3 Players Consists of 3 Hands
During the game you will sometimes notice that the number of hands increases, this is because of the Fantasyland feature, which will be explained later on.
The game starts with the player left of the dealer, and each player is given 5 cards to start with. Players need to arrange the cards into 3 hands, consisting of 13 slots, which will be visible to everyone at the table.
After the first 5 cards are dealt, players are dealt one card at a time in Classic OFC, or 3 cards at a time in Pineapple. Pineapple is a lot faster paced, and in this variation players get these cards face down, choose 2 to play with and reveal, then discard the third.
Open Face Chinese Poker Pineapple Rules
Fouling and Hand OrderOFC is less about bluffing your opponents and more about calculating the odds of making a certain hand. When arranging the cards into each row there are a few important rules to consider in addition to trying to make the best possible hand.
- Your bottom row must be stronger than the middle and top rows
- Your middle row must be stronger than the top row
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Failing to comply with these rules results in a foul. Fouling gets you -6 points at the end of the hand. That’s the same penalty as losing all three rows, and fouling will cut these points off your score regardless of whether or not your rows are stronger than your opponents’.
Scoring and Royalties in OFCOnce all 13 cards are placed and you have successfully avoided fouling, it’s time you compare hands with your opponent(s). The system for scoring is the same in both Classic OFC and Pineapple, and can seem a little confusing at first.
- Best Hand in Any Row: +1
- Best hand in All Rows: +6 (+1 point for each row +3 points for getting a Scoop)
- Lost Hand in Any Row: -1
- Lost Hand in All Rows: -6
- Incorrect Hand Order: -6 (Foul)
In addition to these points, OFC and Pineapple scoring also includes royalties. These are special points awarded for certain hands, and are added to the basic scores. Higher hands on the top row get the highest number of royalty points, followed by the middle and bottom rows.
You can find a handy cheat sheet for all OFC royalties here.
Rules of FantasylandIf you manage to get QQ or higher in your top row without fouling then you enter into what is called Fantasyland. Fantasyland gives you the special advantage of receiving 13 cards at once in Classic or 14 in Pineapple (1 you would discard) instead of just the initial 5 on your next hand.
You can then use these cards to make your hands without the uncertainty that comes with drawing 1 or 3 at a time. Players can stay in Fantasyland in the next hand and beyond by satisfying any of the following conditions during the current hand:
- Trips in your top hand
- Quads or higher in your bottom hand
Fantasyland adds an extra hand to your existing set, giving you a huge advantage during the hand and an opportunity to grab more points from your opponent(s).