by Tim Fiorvanti | Published: Jan 02, '26

After a decade away from live poker, Isabelle 'No Mercy' Mercier has returned. She spoke to Card Player to talk about what's she's been up to.

by Card Player News Team | Published: Oct 23, '14

TonyBet Poker, the world’s biggest online OFC Poker site, is going to host the first live Open Face Chinese Poker World Championship this December, which will become a part of the Prague Poker Festival. The event with two pineapple tournaments, the €1,000 buy-in Main Event and the €10,000 buy-in High Roller, will take place this […]

by Card Player News Team | Published: Apr 29, '14

A week ago TonyBet Poker announced the launch of the first Open Face Chinese Poker series in online poker history. On Monday, that history became a reality as the first event of the series, called “My First Trike” kicked off at 10 p.m. (UTC+3). The first out of 12 tournaments featured a €10 buy-in and […]

by Card Player News Team | Published: Apr 22, '14

At the end of last year the notorious Tony G did what he does best – he gambled. In December 2013 the Lithuanian-Australian poker pro started an Open Face Chinese online poker site, a venture that not even online poker giants dared to take. In just five months Tony claims he has already succeeded and […]

by Card Player News Team | Published: Apr 30, '25

Following a series of concerning posts, Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan, has been located in a mental health facility in the UK. According to PokerNews Managing Editor Will Shillibier, the American poker pro is currently being held at the Park Royal Center for Mental Health in Middlesex. Shillibier’s confirmation comes a couple of days after Dwan started […]

by Tim Fiorvanti | Published: Jan 21, '26

Isabelle Mercier enjoyed a considerable amount of time in the poker spotlight in the earliest days of the poker boom. After earning her law degree in Montreal, she moved to Paris and managed one of the most famous poker rooms in the world, the Aviation Club. Her experience at the Aviation Club made Mercier a […]

by Card Player News Team | Published: Jun 13, '17

Most players learn poker’s explicit rules pretty quickly: the “one-chip rule,” for example, or “verbal declarations are binding.” But not everyone seems to have digested the game’s vast book of unwritten rules, admonitions like “don’t berate other players (particularly bad ones)” or “say ‘nice hand’ even when you mean something entirely different.” Enter “The Rules […]

by Derric Haynie | Published: Oct 05, '15

After more than 2,500 hands being submitted to our simulator, and over 10,000 tactics being played on our Tactics Trainer, I decided to take a look at the top 20 players on our site – openfacesolutions.com. Let me quickly explain the two data points: Error Rate and Percent Correct, in more detail: Error Rate is […]

by Derric Haynie | Published: Sep 09, '15

Open Face Chinese (OFC) is an amazing game. Just like traditional poker, it’s a game that really gives you a stage for arguing your “strategy” or point of view to your opponent and having a heated debate. Just like you hear, “How could you make that play?” at the poker table over and over, you […]

by Derric Haynie | Published: Aug 11, '15

“Am I making the right move?” This is what I ask myself before I take each and every turn in Pineapple OFC. According to my score on the rating system (that I helped create), the answer is: not every time. I only get about 70 percent of tough situations correct, and have an average error […]