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CHINESE POKER Everyone knows that January is the month of New Year's resolutions and February is usually the month of broken New Year's resolutions. By months end that resolution of going to the gym everyday is diving head first into a Boston Cream pie and your goal to lose all the holiday weight is broken and battered on the side of the road leading towards the spring. So this February, in honor of the Chinese New Year, make a resolution this month instead of breaking one: Try new things. Lucky for you we here at Live have got a brand new game that will not only help you keep this resolution, but will also help you honor the reason you're making the resolution in the first place. That game is Chinese Poker. The game is simple. Each player will receive 13 cards at the beginning of the game. This hand must then be arranged into three separate hands, with 3 cards in front, 5 cards in the middle and 5 cards in back. The back hand has to beat or equal the middle 5 cards in poker ranking and the middle 5 cards have to beat the front 3 cards. It's also important to note that Straights and Flushes do not count in the 3 card hand, only in the other 5 card hands. The only exception to this is in the case of an automatic win. Scores are kept by points and each part of the hand is assigned 1 point. Each point is given a monetary value for each game. Hands are then compared with the other player(s) hands. The player with the higher-ranking hand in the front segment wins 1 point. The player with the higher-ranking middle hand wins 1 point. The player with the higher-ranking back hand wins 1 point. A hand is dealt to all four seats regardless of the number of players at the table. An Ace, 2, 3, 4, 5 straight is always the lowest straight possible. If your three-part hand outranks your opponent's hand, 2 out of 3 times, you win 2 points. In other words, you receive one point for your net segment wins and one additional point for a majority of wins, that is - out of the three segments of your hand you win two out of the three. You would win two points, minus one point (the one your opponent won) plus one point for a majority of segments thereby, winning two points total. If your three-part hand out ranks the opponent's 6