3 Flushes:
When a player has suited cards in the front, middle, and back hands this is a Clean Sweep.
3 Straights:
When a player has straights in the front back and middle hands this is a Clean Sweep hand.
6 Pair:
A Clean Sweep hand consisting of 6 pairs (4 of a kind can count as two pair).
12 Colors:
A Clean Sweep hand consisting of exactly 12 cards of one color and a 1 3th off suit card.
13 Colors:
A Clean Sweep hand consisting entirely of either hearts and diamonds; OR clubs and spades.
Back Hand:
The stronger of the two 5 card hands a player must make out of his 13 starting cards.
Clean Sweep:
A clean sweep is a special hand that automatically wins. Clean sweep hands have special ranks and win assigned amounts of points. It is commonto see clean sweeps in Eastern style Chinese Poker.
Dealer Puck:
The round puck that indicates which players is dealing the cards each turn. Action continues in a clockwise manner starting from the puck.
Dragon:
The highest possible hand in “Western” style Chinese poker. It contains one card of every value.
Front Hand:
The 3 card hand a player must make out of his 13 starting cards.
Middle Hand:
The weaker of the two 5 card hands that a player must make out of his 13 starting cards.
Pai Gow:
The card game from which Chinese Poker was originally derived.
Pepito:
Chinese Poker is referred to as “Pepito” in Hawaii.
Point (s):
When you beat another opponent’s hand you are awarded a point. these points usually have a dollar value.
Pusoy:
Chinese Poker is known as “Pusoy” in the Philippines. Pusoy is the Philippino word for “poker”.
Pusoy Dos:
The game Big 2 is know as “Pusoy Dos” in the Phillipines. Translated into english, Pusoy Dos means “Poker Two”.
Russian Poker:
Chinese Poker is commonly referred to as “Russian Poker” in North America.
Score, Scoring:
The scoring of a hand occurs when all players turn their cards face up and compare them.
Starting Hand:
The original 13 cards dealt to a player in Chinese Poker. These 13 cards are then arranged into 3 hands.
Surrender:
In Chinese Poker, a player may surrender their cards before the scoring of the hand, thus removing them from the current betting round. They do, however, pay a penalty to the other players.
Xap Xam Chuong:
Vietnamese term for Chinese Poker.