Newcomer Strategy for Pai Gow Poker

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Pai Gow Poker is a current game with ancient ancestry. Founded on the old Chinese tile game and the modern American adaptation of poker, Pai Gow poker marries the east with the wild west in an awesome game for new players.

Pai Gow is a poker game that pits the gambler against the dealer, not like almost all other poker games that gamblers wager with other players. By competing against the dealer, new players don’t have to fret about other, more advanced players winning their money.

An additional Pai Gow benefit is the generally leisurely game play, beginners can take their time and scheme while not needing to make quick decisions.

It’s also much simpler to gamble on for a very long time with basically a small amount of money since, to not win, each of your hands must be lower than both of the dealer’s hands.

Pai Gow uses 53 cards; the regular 52-card basic deck and one joker. The player is assigned 7 cards face up and the croupier is dealt 7 cards faces hidden.

One 5 card hand and a 2 card hand must be put together from the 7 cards dealt, the 5 card hand has to be higher than the two card hand. To win, a player needs both of his hand values to be better than the casino’s.