{"id":2074,"date":"2019-10-28T09:20:38","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T09:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.coinpoker.com\/?p=2074"},"modified":"2019-10-28T09:20:38","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T09:20:38","slug":"nomercy-ofc-crash-course-cashing-in-the-extra-points","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinpoker.com\/nomercy-ofc-crash-course-cashing-in-the-extra-points\/","title":{"rendered":"NoMercy OFC Crash Course: Cashing in the extra points"},"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

We\nstarted the series by going over the history of this fantastic game before turning\nour focus on general advices and basic strategies. We already saw a list of crucial\nelements such as knowing your royalties, taking your time before you act and\ncounting your live cards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last\nweek, we studied a real-life situation where you had a choice to make while in\nFantasyland: scoring more points or sacrificing some points in order to remain\nin Fantasyland. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In that\nparticular scenario, the difference was 3 points, so we concluded that\nremaining in Fantasyland was a better option, since you could expect to make on\naverage and on the long run another 8 points by remaining in Fantasyland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But\nwhat if the gap in points is much bigger?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s look at the following example in Fantasyland, a situation that happened to me recently while playing on CoinPoker: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Looking at these cards, you can quickly see that it is possible to place quads in the back to make sure that you remain in Fantasyland:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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However, after placing your cards in the best possible way, and since you know all royalties by heart, you immediately see that you will only score 10 points for your quads in the back. By looking at other options, you realise that you can score many more points by choosing a different placement: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With\nthis board, you can actually cumulate 17 points instead of the previous 10:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4\npoints for flush in the back<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8\npoints for flush in the middle<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5\npoints for a pair of 10s on top<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is\na major difference, because if you decide to opt for the quad\u2019s placement, you\nwill abandon 7 extra guaranteed points, in hopes of making at least the average\nof 8 points by remaining in Fantasyland. Moreover, it is very unlikely that you\nwill scoop your opponents with a pair of 7s in the middle and a pair of 3s on\ntop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However,\nif you decide to opt for the flush\/flush\/10s board, you cash in an extra 7\npoints right away, and you have a real chance of scooping your opponents for\nanother 6 points and an overall whooping total of 23 points. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All\nin all, in a case like this, and although all pros will tell you that this is a\nvery close call, the best play will most likely be to abandon the idea of\nremaining in Fantasyland and to cash in more points. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

OFC is\nstill a new and emerging game with millions of different possibilities, and\nthat\u2019s what makes it so fascinating! Stay tune for more advices and real-life\nopenings examples with guidelines on how to set up your initial cards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meet me at the\nOFC tables on CoinPoker to practice your skills and enjoy the action. Welcome\nto Fantasyland!<\/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! We started the series by going over the … NoMercy OFC Crash Course: Cashing in the extra points<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2079,"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-2074","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\/2074"}],"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=2074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coinpoker.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2074\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinpoker.com\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinpoker.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinpoker.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinpoker.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}