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Chinese Poker Offline – Card Game Review
Chinese Poker Offline is a Card/Board/Entertainment game from XOVIET CORPORATION, first launched in 12th January 2019.
It’s rated 17+ and currently has 948+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Chinese Poker Offline Stand Out
Chinese is commonly used to refer to a different card game, Big Two. The term may also refer to a Vietnamese card game, Thirteen (card game). Chinese Poker also is known as "Thirteen cards" is a card game based on poker hand rankings.
In Chinese Poker, each player receives a 13-card hand from a standard 52-card deck. Each player then has to divide their cards into three poker hands (known as "setting"): two containing five cards each (known as "the middle" and "the back"), and one containing three cards ("the front"); 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). The backhand is placed face down on the table in front of the player, then the middle hand is placed face down in front of the backhand, and the front hand is placed face down in front of the middle hand. After all the players have set their hands, each player will announce in turn (clockwise, starting from the left of the dealer) whether or not they are playing their hand. All players then announce their royalties, before revealing their hands.
If a player makes three flushes or three straights they automatically win the hand, regardless of the other players' hands. As shown in the photo, the middle player has made all three hands flush and is an automatic winner.
The rules are simple—only a basic knowledge of poker hand rankings is needed to get started. There is a large element of luck involved, therefore a beginner has a good chance of winning in the short term, even against experienced opponents. The game format results in frequent unexpected wins and high-ranking hands.
This Card game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Chinese Poker Offline is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 9th April 2019
Recent improvements include:
- Update Policy
- Decrease Ads
Download & Availability
Chinese Poker Offline is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Chinese Poker Offline on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Sound of little boy in the game is hilarious.
It will be better if the rules of games are listed and how to decide who is first and who is next in winning or losing. Beginners are somewhat confused . Thanks.
Great game, easy to use and play. Some bugs where app hangs or displays the wrong info on screen. Id like to report the bugs but we see no way how to reach the developers? We wish you could play against other users and not just against the computer.
Is the card sharing random? It seems that CPU bots always have better cards that we do. We literally only get a good hand about once every ten rounds. In addition to this, every time we get a good hand, about 9/10 times the bots have a special hand that beats ours and reduces winnings. Ive been playing about 5 days now, but it seems like the game is programmed for you to lose more often, just like a real casino.
If you ever copy something onto your clipboard, and then swap to this app, your phone tells you it copied from the clipboard. Dont know their intentions, but thats kinda creepy.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 2.2.0
- Size: 182.81 MB
- iOS: 9.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory: Frequent/Intense Simulated Gambling
- Developer: XOVIET CORPORATION
Last updated: 9th April 2019 | Genre: Card, Board | Developer: XOVIET CORPORATION