Pai Gow Poker Guidelines
Posted in Poker on 11/05/2013 09:21 am by Shelby
Now let us discover some different kinds of poker other than hold’em, seven card stud, five card draw and omaha high. Yes, double-hand poker. Now you might be wondering that double-hand sounds a little Chinese; yes you’re right, this casino game is a blending of the Chinese game pai gow and poker
Definitely this is not one of the highly acclaimed styles of poker but still broadly played. It can be enjoyed by up to seven players. It is played with 1 deck of 52 cards, plus a joker. Interestingly, joker can be used only as an ace, or to finish off a straight, flush, straight flush, or royal flush. The critical thing here to bear in mind is other than the normal ranking of hands we have an additional winning hand which is "Five Aces" (four Aces and the Joker). Astonishingly, 5 aces beats every other hand yes, even a royal flush. Each player is dealt seven cards. The cards are aligned to make two hands; a 2 card hand and a 5 card hand. The five card hand has to be better or be equivalent to the two card hand.
After arranging the 2 hands, the cards are placed on the table with the faces down. Once down, you are no longer allowed to touch them. The dealer will flip over his cards and make his hands. Every competitors hand is compared to the dealer’s hands. Should the player wins 1 hand and loses the other, this is referred to as "push" and no cash is lost or won. If croupier wins the two hands then the player gives up their wager and vice versa. Now if the hand is a tie, the dealer wins all. After the hand is played, the very next player clock-wise gets to be the dealer and the following hand is dealt.