# Chinese Poker Showdown > Chinese Poker Showdown (iPhone/iPad app by Lincopia Logic AB.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chinese-poker-showdown/id6767001506 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Lincopia Logic AB](https://appshunter.io/developer/1896345134) - Category: Games, Card - Price: Free - Age rating: 17+ - Requires: iOS 26.4 · 6 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-05-12 - Data updated: 2026-08-14 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chinese-poker-showdown/id6767001506/reviews.md ## What is Chinese Poker Showdown? Chinese Poker — arrange thirteen cards into three poker hands and play them against three AI opponents. The classic open-face split-hand game, polished for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Your 13 cards go into a back row (five cards, must be the strongest), a middle row (five), and a front row (three, must be the weakest). At showdown you score row-by-row against each opponent — one point per row you win, plus a scoop bonus for winning all three rows against the same player. A "fouled" arrangement loses every comparison automatically. Three AI opponents with distinct personalities: • Awesomo — plays the mathematically optimal expected-value line. Use him as the yardstick. • Bender — back-loading scoop chaser. Will sacrifice the front to stack a strong back and chase the +3 bonus. • HAL — cautious pair-in-front specialist. Plays it safe and waits for your mistakes. The bots are powered by a trained neural network — a tiny ~66 KB MLP that captures the win probability of every legal hand from billions of simulated games. Same gameplay strength as the classical 10 MB lookup table, twenty-five times smaller, no perceptible difference at the table. Track your skill against the optimal play. The Player page also breaks out your record against each bot individually: wins, losses, ties, and cumulative net. Features: • Three distinct AI personalities, each producing visibly different play • Skill scoring against the EV-optimal benchmark • Per-opponent W/L/T history • Optional hint button (off by default — flip it on in Settings if you want a nudge) • Standard 1-6 + scoop scoring, with the scoop bonus adjustable from 0 to 10 • Four-color or two-color card mode Privacy: No accounts. No analytics. No ads. No in-app purchases. No network calls of any kind. Nothing leaves your device. Free, full game. Sounds: Kenney's Casino Audio (CC0) and Pixabay contributors (Dragon Studio, freesound_community). ## Version history (last 4 releases) ### 1.3 — 2026-08-07 Higher quality audio, smaller download size and lower memory usage ### 1.2 — 2026-05-28 • Smarter AI — the bot now factors in the cards it knows you don't hold, giving sharper opinions in tight spots. • Faster gameplay — meaningful speed-up on the bot's decision time, especially on older devices. • New players get a friendly first 25 deals (more winnable hands) while they learn the game. • Hint mode no longer counts toward your skill score — practice freely. • Fixed: A-2-3-4-5 straight now displays with the Ace first. ### 1.1 — 2026-05-15 • New: smart card-completion hints. Place one card in a row and small previews of any flush, straight, full house, or set you could land appear above it. Tap the preview to drop the matching cards into the row. • Smoother end-of-round transitions, especially on the bigger coin showers. ### 1.0 — 2026-05-06 No release notes. ## Related topics [chinese poker offline](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/chinese-poker-offline) · [open face chinese poker](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/open-face-chinese-poker) --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-14.*