Pai Gow Poker Established Rules
Now let’s learn some alternate styles of poker other than texas hold’em, seven card stud, five card draw and omaha eight-or-better. Yes, double-hand poker. Now you must be thinking that double-hand sounds a little Chinese; well you’re right, this casino game is a blending of the Chinese game pai gow and poker
Definitely this isn’t one of the highly popular varieties of poker but still broadly played. It can be played by up to 7 players. It is played with one deck of cards, plus a joker. Interestingly, the Joker can be used only as an ace, or to complete a straight, flush, a straight flush, or royal flush. The essential aspect here to always remember is aside from the usual ranking of hands we’ve one more winning hand which is "Five Aces" (five aces including the joker). Astonishingly, five aces is greater than every other hand including royal flush. Every gambler is dealt seven cards. The cards are aligned to create two hands; a 2 card hand and a 5 card hand. The 5 card hand must be better or be equal to the 2 card hand.
After arranging the two hands, the cards are placed on the table with the faces down. Once on the table, you are no longer allowed to switch them. The croupier will flip over his cards and make their hands. Every competitors hand is compared to the croupier’s hands. Should the player wins one hand and lose the other, this is known as "push" and absolutely no money is lost or won. If dealer wins the two hands then the player gives up their wager and vice versa. Now if the hand is a tie, the dealer wins everything. Once the hand is competed, the next person clock-wise becomes the croupier and the following hand is given out.
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