Pai Gow Poker a Game of Skill

Learn to Play Pai Gow Poker

If you want to enjoy the combination of East and West in your gambling, then Pai Gow Poker is right game for you. This game has the features of Chinese Dominos, together with Five Stud Poker. The special quality of this game is that, the player can head to head with the house. In common poker games, the player plays against the player.

Pai Gow Poker Features

Pai Gow Poker can be played by 7 players, who sits around the table and a deck of 52 cards are used in addition to a joker. The joker can be your trump card, as it can be used as an ace or to assist you in completing straights, flushes and straight flushes. The bets are placed before every round and your hand should be better than the dealer to beat him. The advantage to the dealer in this game is higher because, if your hand ties with him, then dealer would be winner and you a looser.

The game starts after every player places bets for that hand. Once betting is placed, the dealer deals 7 cards to each player. The player will have to make two separate hands, one with two cards another with 5 cards. The value of the hand is same as poker, only difference lies with straight of A-2-3-4-5, which is termed as second highest straight, instead of lowest straight. Pair is supposed to be best two hand card, which can always beat any unmatched card. Pairs generally win the 2-card hands, and two-pair also wins the 5-card hands. The joker can be used as an ace, or to complete Flush or straight. If you find it difficult to arrange the pair, you can approach the dealer to make your pair. The tricky situation arises, when you start splitting the pairs.

Once, a player completes making two hands then, he puts his two cards hand face down in the box closest to the dealer. Once, all players finished making their hand, dealer makes his hand and goes counter clockwise comparing his hand against player's hand.

• If the player wins both hands, he wins the stake.
• Player wins only one hand and the dealer wins one hand it's called a push.
• If  Dealer wins both hand, the he is the winner and you loose the bet
• If player hand is tied with dealers, the dealer wins automatically.

In Pai Gow, the chance of breaking even or pushing each hand is higher. The game is easy to play and main aspect is arranging your card and judging the ranking of the other players and. making better pair can be your game winning combination