Each player is dealt five cards to start. The game was introduced to the United States in 2012. Professional poker player Alex Kravchenko, who is credited with introducing the game to the Russian high-stakes community, describes the game as 'spreading like a virus'. The game originated in Finland during the mid-200s and spread to Russia a few years later.
Click to expand.There is a variant of Open Face Chinese Poker called Pineapple.įrom wikipedia: Chinese: Open-face Chinese poker, OFCP, commonly known as Open Face Chinese or OFC, is a variant of Chinese Poker where players receive five cards to start and then one card at a time until each player has a 13 card hand legal or not.
