Pai Gow Poker Rules
Posted in Poker on 04/15/2010 06:21 pm by Nolan
Now let’s learn some different variations of poker other than Texas holdem, 5 card stud, 5 card draw and omaha/8. Yes, double-hand poker. Now you must be thinking that pai gow sounds a little Chinese; yes you’re correct, this game is a mixture of the Chinese game pai gow and our very own us poker
Clearly this isn’t one of the most popular styles of poker but still broadly played. It can be played by up to 7 players. It’s played with 1 deck of cards, plus a joker. Interestingly, the Joker can be used only as an ace, or to finish off a straight, a flush, straight flush, or a royal flush. The essential thing here to bear in mind is apart from the usual ranking of hands we’ve an additional winning hand that is "Five Aces" (4 Aces and the Joker). Surprisingly, 5 aces beats every other hand yes, even a royal flush. Every gambler is dealt 7 cards. These cards are arranged to create 2 hands; a two card hand and a five card hand. The 5 card hand has to be better or be equal to the two card hand.
After arranging the two hands, the cards are positioned on the table with the faces down. Once on the table, you cannot switch them. The croupier will turn over his cards and make their hands. Each competitors hand is played against the croupier’s hands. Should the player wins one hand and loses the other, this is referred to as "push" and no money is lost or won. If dealer wins both hands then the bettor looses their bet the opposite is true if the player wins both hands. Now if the hand is a draw, the dealer wins everything. After the hand is competed, the next person clock-wise gets to be the dealer and the next hand is dealt.