The back must be the highest ranking hand, and the front, the lowest ranking hand (note that straights and flushes do not count in the three card hand). There're only three hand types are possible: three of a kind one pair high card One containing three cards, we call it 'the front'. Two containing five cards each, we call them 'the middle' and 'the back'. Each player then has to divide their cards into three poker hands:
In Pusoy, each player receives a 13 card hand from a standard 52 card deck. The Poker ranking from high to low: Royal Flush - High card The highest 'front' hand is three aces, and the lowest is 2-3-4. The hands rank as in Poker, from a royal straight flush down to no pair. Chinese poker is typically played as a four-person game, though it can also be played with two or three.Ī basic knowledge of Poker is needed to play Pusoy.
