Is Chinese poker the same as poker?

Answer:

Chinese poker - as I play the game with several friends, is not the same. It consists of 13 cards dealt to each player, who then make 3 different hands - a hand of 3 cards and 2 hands containing 5 cards.

Depending on the exact game - the hands can be "high/low/high", "high/high/high" etc. The game I commonly play is "high/low/high" and the 5 card high hand must have a higher ranked poker hand than the 3 card hand.

Typically the middle hand - or lowball hand - is played with a 2-7 low meaning straights, flushes, etc. are bad. The lowest hand is not something like A-2-3-4-5 as it would make a straight, but 2-3-4-5-7 instead.

Here would be a typical set of 13 cards I chose at random:

3 card hand:

AhAsKd

5 card low hand:

2s-3d-4s-5h-7c

5 card high hand:

6s-6c-6h-Th-Td

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