There is a variant of poker from the Far East popularly known as Big 2, or Dai Di in Cantonese. You will find this Chinese poker played in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Southeast Asia and many other places as well.
Whilst Texas Holdem No Limit poker is the ever dominant variant of poker in todays poker world, Chor Dai Di has in fact been around for as long as well. This writer can testify that when the game was introduced by him to an English friend, he was hooked on it for the rest of the night!
Chinese Poker and Texas Holdem
This Chinese poker is similar to Texas Holdem No Limit poker with respect to hand rankings. The Royal Flush is the largest hand, followed by a straight flush and then a full house, and so on.
However, a major difference is that 2-s actually rank higher than aces hence the name, Dai Di, or its English translation, Big 2!
Furthermore, the suit of a card holds a rank for poker spades are the highest suit, followed by hearts, clubs, and finally diamonds.
Object of the Game
The object of the game is simple to be the first to get rid of all your cards. The game can be played in a friendly manner to see who finishes their...