Ok cool, I was afraid my explanation was going to be totally confusing.
Yeah OFC is a fun game. The rules of how to play are pretty simple to learn.
And it's a cool game even for people that don't normally play poker since there is no betting, no calling or folding, no bluffing, etc. Someone who is inexperienced or uncomfortable with regular poker because of those reasons can still play and do well at OFC.
The Chinese Poker page on SwCpoker.eu has a brief overview of how to play, how scoring works and how many points each hand is worth.
https://swcpoker.eu/poker-game-rules/chinese-poker-scoring-gameplay/
Thanks, . I'm still not getting the scoring of different hands, but I think I get the rest of it. For example, Gus Hansen has a great video up that explains how to play, but doesn't talk about the scoring. He just says that if your hand beats the other persons and you didn't foul, you either get:
1 point for win/win/lose
6 points for win/win/win
According to the SWC page, though, there's also individual scoring based on hands...
Yeah, you're right that you score regular points by having your row beat the other player's row.
But then there are bonus points called "royalties" for making really good hands.
For example, you get 25 bonus points if you make a Royal Flush on the bottom row, 8 bonus points if you make a flush in the middle row, 22 bonus points for having AAA on the top row, etc. The harder it is to do the more bonus points it's worth. It's an extra reward for getting lucky, and an incentive to gamble and try to make those tougher hands without fouling.
Ahhh, I think I get you now. So you're not really risking just 6 points per game -- it's actually a lot more (if someone's lucky).