{"id":1986,"date":"2019-08-27T07:02:51","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T07:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.coinpoker.com\/?p=1986"},"modified":"2019-08-27T07:02:51","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T07:02:51","slug":"nomercy-ofc-crash-course-learn-all-the-royalties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinpoker.com\/nomercy-ofc-crash-course-learn-all-the-royalties\/","title":{"rendered":"NoMercy OFC Crash Course: Learn all the royalties"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hello everyone! Welcome to my personal blog on OFC Pineapple (Open Face Chinese Poker). Week after week, I\u2019ll go over the history of the game, some basic rules and recommendations, anecdotes from the players, and finally, some more advanced strategies.\u00a0 Stay tune and enjoy the Fantasy Ride!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now that we went over the history of this fantastic game, let\u2019s focus for a while on general advices and basic strategies. First, let\u2019s remember that you will access Fantasyland when you successfully place a pair of Queens or better on the top line. You also have to know that when you are in Fantasyland, the only ways to stay there in Classic Pineapple will be to make Trips on top, or Four of a kind in the back.<\/strong> Let me guide you through some primary recommendations to help elevate your game if you are a new player!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First off, before you start playing OFC, you have to look at the points and bonuses and learn them by heart.\u00a0 It might seem obvious to know the rules of the game, but I promise you that there are a lot of recreational players who play intuitively, not knowing how many points they will get at the end of the hand, and letting the computer do the maths for them.\u00a0 This is kind of lazy, because according to the points and bonuses that we can make, we will set our cards in different ways\u2026 and that\u2019s even more true when we are in Fantasyland!\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indeed, in this special configuration, we will often have many possibilities and choices to make.\u00a0 What options can make me scoop?\u00a0 Which placement will give me the most bonuses?\u00a0 What will allow me to stay in Fantasyland?\u00a0 In order to make the best possible decisions, you absolutely have to know the royalties by heart!<\/strong>\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s look at the following example. Let\u2019s say you receive these cards in Fantasyland: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Very often, inexperienced players will quickly put their Quads in the back and their Full House in the middle, leaving the crappy cards on top:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In this particular case, the Quads royalty is 10 points, and the Full House in the middle is 12 points, for a total of 22 points<\/strong>.\u00a0 Not bad\u2026\u00a0 Yet, it seems quite unlikely to scoop your opponent with this board, because of the K high on top.\u00a0 That being said, let\u2019s go back to the example, but this time we will place the same cards in a different manner:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This scenario seems less impressive, as the Flush royalty in the back is only 4 points and Trips in the middle is a mere 2 points. But, the bonus for trip 9s on top is 17 points!\u00a0 That\u2019s a slight difference compared to the first placement, as here we get a total of 23 points instead of 22 point<\/strong>s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moreover, and most importantly, with a hand that strong on every line, there is a real possibility to scoop your opponents and win another 6 points on top of your 23!\u00a0 You can make more money, simply because you placed your cards differently, thanks to your knowledge of the points and bonuses!\u00a0 If you don\u2019t want to memorize all the royalties that exist, remember at least one thing; when you can actually place trips on top, it\u2019s probably the right play.\u00a0 And it will also make you stay in Fantasyland for another round!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meet me at the OFC tables on CoinPoker to practice your skills and enjoy the action. Welcome to Fantasyland!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Isabelle \u201cNo Mercy\u201d Mercier<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

OFC \u201cProgressive\u201d World Champion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hello everyone! Welcome to my personal blog on OFC Pineapple (Open Face Chinese Poker). Week after week, I\u2019ll go over the history of the game, some basic rules and recommendations, anecdotes from the players, and finally, some more advanced strategies.\u00a0 Stay tune and enjoy the Fantasy Ride! Now that we went over the history of … NoMercy OFC Crash Course: Learn all the royalties<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[189],"tags":[62,75,92,93,95,96,97,98,106,130],"class_list":["post-1986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-strategy","tag-fantasyland","tag-isabelle-mercier","tag-nomercy","tag-ofc","tag-ofc-pineapple","tag-ofc-pineapple-strategy","tag-ofc-rules","tag-ofc-strategy","tag-open-face-chinese-poker","tag-poker-strategy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinpoker.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1986"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinpoker.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinpoker.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinpoker.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinpoker.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coinpoker.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinpoker.com\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinpoker.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinpoker.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinpoker.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}