Pai Gow Poker Rules
by Raegan on Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
Let us discover some alternate kinds of poker other than hold’em, five card stud, 5 card draw and omaha/8. Yes, double-hand poker. Now you must be wondering that pai gow sounds a bit Chinese; well you are right, this card game is a mixture of the Chinese game pai gow and poker
Certainly this isn’t one of the highly acclaimed varieties of poker but still broadly played. It can be played by up to 7 players. It’s played with one deck of 52 cards, plus a joker. Interestingly, the Joker can be used only as an ace, or to finish off a straight, flush, straight flush, or a royal flush. The essential detail here to clearly recall is aside from the normal ranking of hands we have an additional winning hand that is "Five Aces" (five aces including the joker). Astonishingly, five aces beats all other hand including royal flush. Each player is given seven cards. The cards are arranged to create two hands; a 2 card hand and a five card hand. The 5 card hand has to rank higher or be equal to the 2 card hand.
After setting up the two hands, the cards are laid on the poker table with the faces down. Once on the table, you are no longer allowed to switch them. The croupier will flip over their cards and assemble his hands. Each competitors hand is compared to the croupier’s hands. If the player wins one hand and loses the other, this is referred to as "push" and no money is lost or won. If croupier wins the two hands then the gambler gives up their wager the opposite is correct if the player wins both hands. Now if there is a tie, the croupier wins all. Once the hand is played, the next player clock-wise gets to be the croupier and the following hand is dealt.
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