By BluffKing · · Updated
Zha Jin Hua Rules: Hand Rankings, Betting & 2-3-5
Learn Zha Jin Hua rankings, seen-card betting costs, fixed raise levels, comparison privacy and the 2-3-5 showdown exception.
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Play Zha Jin HuaIn Zha Jin Hua each player gets three cards, there is no shared board, and the best three-card hand wins. BluffKing supports 2–10 players using a separate balance of practice chips that cannot be purchased or redeemed.
Hand rankings and card examples
| Strongest first | Example | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Leopard | A♠ A♥ A♦ | Three of a kind |
| Straight flush | 5♥ 6♥ 7♥ | Consecutive cards in one suit |
| Flush | 2♣ 8♣ J♣ | One suit, not consecutive |
| Straight | 9♠ 10♥ J♦ | Consecutive cards, not all one suit |
| Pair | 8♠ 8♥ K♦ | Two matching ranks |
| High card | 3♦ 9♣ K♠ | None of the categories above |
Does 2-3-5 beat three of a kind?
Straights and straight flushes rank QKA > A23 > JQK > … > 234, and suits do not break ties. One exception: off-suit 2-3-5 beats a Leopard head-to-head, but against other hands it ranks as ordinary high card; suited 2-3-5 is simply a flush.
Blind and seen-card betting
Everyone posts an ante. Betting blind costs one unit of the current stake and betting after looking costs two; with a unit of 10, a blind call is 10 and a seen-card call is 20. Looking costs no chips and does not use your action. Raises use fixed levels of 2, 3, 5 or 10 times the ante and must exceed the current stake. When only two players remain and a call is unaffordable, you can go all in with your remaining chips in any round and compare immediately; there are no side pots.
Comparing cards and forced showdown
From the second round, on your turn, pay twice your current call price (20 blind or 40 after looking at a stake of 10) to compare with an opponent still in the hand; the weaker hand leaves, and a tie eliminates the challenger. Only the two players comparing see each other’s cards, and winning a blind comparison still leaves your own cards unseen. After the room’s round limit (3 by default, 1–10 set by the host) any remaining players reach a forced showdown and equal best hands split the pot; if 2-3-5, a Leopard and another hand form a cycle, ordinary rankings decide.
Beginner tips and fair play
Check whether you have looked before reading the call price; an expired timer folds your hand, and you can look or fold outside your turn; the 2-3-5 and challenger-loses-ties rules may differ elsewhere. The server shuffles randomly without membership tier as an input, and after each hand you can verify its deal from the table’s hand history; see the fairness scope.