Pai Gow Poker Game Rules
Let us learn a different kind of poker other than Texas hold’em, 7 card stud, 5 card draw and Omaha. Yes, pai-gow poker. Now you ought to be wondering that pai-gow sounds a little Chinese; yes you are proper this game is really a combination of the Chinese game pai-gow and our very own Yankee poker. Definitely this is not 1 of the most popular types of poker but still it is widely wagered. It is usually wagered by up to 7 players.
It’s wagered with 1 deck of fifty-two cards, plus a joker. Strangely enough, the joker can be used only as an ace, to finish a straight, a flush, a straight flush, or a royal flush. The significant element here to bear in mind is aside from the normal rating of hands we have 1 more winning hand that’s "5 Aces" (5 aces such as the joker). Surprisingly, 5 aces beat all other hands including royal flush.
Each and every gambler is dealt seven cards. The cards are arranged to make 2 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. Lastly both of your hands need to rank greater than each of your opponents hands (both five and two card hands). Further the two card hand can just have 2 combinations; 1 pair and high card.
Following the cards are set up in to two hands, they are placed on the table face down. As soon as you place them down, you can not touch them. The croupier will turn over their cards and make his hands. Each gamblers hand is compared to the croupier’s hands. If the player wins one hand and manages to lose the other, this is recognized as "push" and no money is won or lost. If croupier wins each hands then they captures the gamblers stake and the other way around. Now what if there’s a tie, the only advantage with the dealer here is he/she is victorious on all ties.
Soon after the hand is played, the following individual clock-wise becomes the dealer and the following hand is bet. The major disadvantage to this game is that there is no skill involved and you depend too much on fortune. Also the odds are poor in comparison to betting with a pot.
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