Chinese Poker


Chinese poker has been played in Asia for many years and is known as "Pusoy". Chinese Poker is now just starting to gain popularity in North America. Also called "Russian Poker" or "13 Card Poker", the name Chinese Poker is often incorrectly used to refer to the card game Big-2 Poker.


Play Chinese Poker


Chinese poker can be played with as little as 2 players or as many as 4. Each player gets dealt 13 cards out of a regular poker deck. Then you arrange your 13 cards into three standard poker hands. These hands are called the "front", "middle" and "back" hands. The front hand must contain 3 cards while the middle and back hands must contain 5 cards.

You then compare your hands with the each of the other players. The Object of the game is to outrank the hands made by your opponents with the losing player paying points to winner.

If you want to learn the rules of Chinese Poker in more detail check out this page Chinese Poker Rules it is a very detailed guide which covers pretty much all bases.

more about chinese poker


Many poker pros such as Daniel Negreanu and Phil Ivey enjoy playing Chinese Poker. At the Bellagio these players are known to gather together and player Chinese Poker for incredibly high stakes. If you would like to play Chinese Poker online Tiger Gaming offers free Chinese Poker games. There are real money games available also.

These are some great Chinese Poker websites if you want to learn more about Chinese Poker.

Chinese Poker FAQ
Chinese Poker Wiki


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