Upper Hand: Poker Meets Chess
A row-by-row heads up battle
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Place cards into three poker hands—but your bottom row must beat your middle, and your middle must beat your top. One wrong move and you foul.
Upper Hand is Pineapple Open Face Chinese Poker (OFCP), the strategic card game played by poker pros around the world. No bluffing. No hidden cards. Just smart decisions.
**HOW IT WORKS**
You're dealt cards one at a time. Place each card into one of three rows:
• Bottom row: 5 cards
• Middle row: 5 cards
• Top row: 3 cards
Each row is a poker hand. Bottom must be strongest, top must be weakest. If you break that order, you foul and lose everything.
Build a pair of Queens or better on top (without fouling) and you reach Fantasy Land—a bonus round where you're dealt all 14 cards at once.
**PLAY AGAINST AI**
• Works completely offline — offline card game on airplanes, subways, anywhere
• AI responds instantly, no waiting
• Two difficulty levels: Casual and Pro
• Practice and improve without needing an opponent
**PLAY AGAINST FRIENDS**
• Send a link to challenge anyone
• Take turns whenever you want—no scheduling
• Games save automatically
• Track your head-to-head record
**FEATURES**
• No account required to start playing
• Built-in tutorial teaches you in minutes
• Track your stats: wins, fouls, Fantasy Land rate, royalties per hand
• Beautiful design—feels like a gentleman's card room, not a casino
• No ads interrupting your games
**WHAT IS OPEN FACE CHINESE POKER?**
Open Face Chinese Poker (OFC or OFCP) is a strategic poker variant where you build three separate poker hands from cards dealt one at a time. Unlike Texas Hold'em, there's no betting rounds and no bluffing—just pure card placement strategy.
The "Pineapple" variant (which Fantasy Land uses) deals you 3 cards per turn after the first round. You place 2 and discard 1, adding an extra layer of decision-making.
OFCP has become popular among professional poker players as a skill game to play between tournaments. Now you can play it anywhere.
**PERFECT FOR**
• Poker players looking for a new challenge
• Puzzle and strategy game fans
• Anyone who wants a thinking game they can play in short bursts
• Friends who want an async game to play together
Download Upper Hand and see if you can reach Fantasy Land.
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Introducing Upper Hand - a Poker meets Chess row-by-row heads up battle where you build three poker hands simultaneously.
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Information
- Seller
- Echagames LLC
- Size
- 125.7 MB
- Category
- Card
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English and Spanish
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Infrequent
Simulated Gambling
Contests
Contains
Loot Boxes
Messaging and Chat
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Annual Subscription $9.99
- Lifetime Pro Access $24.99
- Weekly Subscription $1.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Echagames LLC