Pai Gow Poker Rules
Let’s learn
some different type of poker other than Texas holdem, 7 card stud, 5
card draw and Omaha. Yes, pai gow poker. Now you must be wondering that
pai gow sounds little Chinese; yes 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 most popular forms of poker but still widely
played. It can be played by up to seven players.
It is played with one deck of 52 cards, plus a joker. Interestingly,
joker can be used only as an ace, or to complete a straight, a flush, a
straight flush, or a royal flush. The important thing here to remember
is other than the usual ranking of hands we have one more winning hand
that is “Five Aces” (five aces including the
joker). Surprisingly, five aces beat all other hands including royal
flush.
Each player is dealt seven cards. The cards are arranged to make two
hands; a two card hand and a five card hand. The five card hand must
rank higher or be equal to the two card hand. Finally both of your
hands must rank higher than both of your opponents hands (both five and
two card hands). Further the two card hand can only have two
combinations; one pair and high card.
After the cards are arranged in to two hands, they are placed on the
table face down. Once you put them down, you can no longer touch them.
The dealer will turn over his cards and make his hands. Each players
hand is compared to the dealer’s hands. If the player wins
one hand and loses the other, this is known as
“push” and no money is exchanged. If dealer wins
both hands then he/she wins the players stake and vice versa. Now what
if there is a tie, the only advantage with the dealer here is he/she
wins all ties.
After the hand is played, the next person clock-wise becomes the dealer
and the next hand is played. The major disadvantage to this game is
that there is no skill involved and you rely too much on luck. Also the
odds are poor compared to playing with a pot.
Also visit http://www.pokkercards.com/basicpokerterms.html
for other poker game rules and strategies.
By Tarun Sharma
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