Pai Gow Poker Rules

[ English ]

Let’s learn a various kind of poker other than hold’em, 7 card stud, 5 card draw and Omaha Hold’em. Yes, pai gow poker. Now you need to be wondering that pai gow sounds a bit Chinese; yes you are right this casino game is really a mixture of the Chinese game pai-gow and our very own US poker. Certainly this isn’t one of the most popular styles of poker but still it’s widely bet. It could be bet by up to 7 players.

It is wagered with one deck of fifty-two cards, plus a joker. Curiously, the joker may be utilized only as an ace, to finish a straight, a flush, a straight flush, or a royal flush. The crucial element here to remember is aside from the normal ranking of hands we have one more succeeding hand that’s "Five Aces" (five aces such as the joker). Surprisingly, 5 aces beat all other hands including royal flush.

Each player is dealt seven cards. The cards are organized to form two hands; a 2 card hand and a five card hand. The 5 card hand must rank greater or be equal to the two card hand. Finally both of your hands need to rank greater than each of your opponents hands (each five and two card hands). Further the two card hand can only have 2 combinations; 1 pair and high card.

Right after the cards are set up in to 2 hands, they are positioned on the table face down. As soon as you lay them down, you may no longer handle them. The dealer will flip over their cards and make their hands. Every gamblers hand is compared to the croupier’s hands. If the player wins one hand and manages to lose the other, this is known as "push" and no money is won or lost. If croupier wins equally hands then he/she wins the gamblers stake and the other way around. Now what if there’s a tie, the only benefit with the croupier here is they is victorious on all ties.

Soon after the hand is played, the next person clock-wise becomes the dealer and the subsequent hand is bet. The major downside to this game is that there is certainly no talent required and you rely too much on fortune. Also the odds are weak compared to playing with a pot.

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