When it hit on the poker scene in 2012, some said that Open-Face Chinese Poker would be a fad — at most, just a side event to “real poker” cash games and tournaments. And perhaps, they were right.
Niche or not, the 2015 World Series of Poker is just around the corner, and Open-Face is still going strong.
Tens of thousands of players are setting a million OFC hands a week, and that’s just on the ABC Open-Face iOS app. People are playing on their phones, on their laptops, and there are live and online cash tournaments.