All players then announce their royalties, before revealing their hands. After all the players have set their hands, each player will announce in turn (clockwise, starting from the left of the dealer) whether or not they are playing their hand. The back hand is placed face down on the table in front of the player, then the middle hand is placed face down in front of the back hand, and the front hand is placed face down in front of the middle hand. Each player then has to divide their cards into three poker hands (known as 'setting'): two containing five cards each (known as 'the middle' and 'the back'), and one containing three cards ('the front') the back must be the highest-ranking hand, and the front, the lowest-ranking hand (note that straights and flushes do not count in the three-card hand). In Chinese poker, each player receives a 13-card hand from a standard 52-card deck. ( April 2015) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources.

Short deck tie hands