Scoring in Open Face Chinese poker is done via points, sometimes called units. In a $1 OFC game, each point or unit is worth $1. Standard scoring is as follows: Player is paid 1 unit for each hand he wins against opponent. Open Face Chinese Poker (OFC) A variation of Chinese Poker called Open Face Chinese Poker (OFC) has been spreading wildly across the world. In OFC the basic gameplay is as follows: Each player is dealt five cards initially. These cards are set in either the front, middle or back hands in any way the player sees fit.

Ofc Poker Scoring Games

The App

Ofc Poker Scoring Test

The OFC Fantasyland Calculator is a mobile app available on any iOS device. The app is a tool to help its users play better Open-face Chinese Poker (OFC for short), a skill based card game popular among poker enthusiasts.

The app helps its users play OFC better by solving a portion of the game called Fantasyland. Unlike the rest of OFC, the Fantasyland portion of the game can be mathematically solved because the player is given all of their cards at the start of the round, as opposed other rounds of the game in which the player is given their cards incrementally over the course of the round.

Why is the app useful?

Because there are between 72,072 (13c3 * 8c5 * 5c5) and 1,955,457,504 (19c3 * 14c5 * 9c5) different possible combinations in a Fantasyland round, players often make mistakes in the Fantasyland round by missing out on the highest scoring combination and placing their cards in a sub-optimal arrangement. However, the app’s algorithm always reveals the highest scoring result thereby ensuring that the user achieves the maximum possible points in each Fantasyland round, and since OFC is often played for significant sums of money this can translate directly into financial gain.

My Role

I designed, built, and released the app in conjunction with Hywel Carver, who I worked with to build and optimise the app’s algorithm.

Screenshots of the App:

Home Page:

Card Selection:

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Settings