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Pai Gow Poker Rules
Now let’s become versed in some different types of poker other than texas hold’em, 7 card stud, 5 card draw and omaha hold’em. Yes, pai gow poker. Now you might be thinking that pai gow sounds a little Chinese; well you are right, this game is a mixture of the Chinese game pai gow and our very own American poker
Definitely this is not one of the highly acclaimed styles of poker but still widely played. It can be played by up to 7 players. It’s played with 1 deck of 52 cards, plus a joker. Interestingly, joker can only be used as an ace, or to complete a straight, a flush, straight flush, or royal flush. The essential detail here to clearly recall is other than the usual ranking of hands we’ve one more winning hand that is "Five Aces" (five aces including the joker). Astonishingly, five aces beats all other hand yes, even a royal flush. Every player is given 7 cards. These cards are arranged to create two hands; a 2 card hand and a five card hand. The five card hand must be stronger or be equal to the 2 card hand.
After setting up the 2 hands, the cards are laid on the table face down. Once on the table, you can no longer change them. The croupier will turn over his cards and assemble their hands. Each players hand is compared to the croupier’s hands. Should the player take 1 hand and loses the other, this is called a "push" and absolutely no cash is exchanged. If croupier wins both hands then the player looses their wager the opposite is correct if the player wins both hands. Now if the hand is a tie, the dealer wins everything. After the hand is competed, the very next person clock-wise becomes the dealer and the following hand is given out.