Double-hand Poker Guidelines
Posted in Poker on 03/12/2010 03:21 pm by Marley
Now let us become versed in some alternate types of poker other than texas hold’em, seven card stud, five card draw and Omaha. Yes, pai gow poker. Now you must be thinking that double-hand sounds a bit Chinese; well you’re right, this game is a mixture of the Chinese game pai gow and poker
Absolutely this is not one of the highly acclaimed 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, with a joker. Interestingly, joker can only be used as an ace, or to finish off a straight, a flush, straight flush, or royal flush. The critical aspect here to clearly recall is aside from the usual ranking of hands we’ve an additional winning hand which is "Five Aces" (five aces including the joker). Astonishingly, 5 aces beats every other hand yes, even a royal flush. Every gambler is given 7 cards. The cards are arranged to make two hands; a two card hand and a 5 card hand. The five card hand must rank higher or be equal to the two card hand.
After setting up the 2 hands, the cards are positioned on the poker table with the faces down. Once on the table, you can’t touch them. The dealer will turn over his cards and make his hands. Every players hand is played against the croupier’s hands. Should the player take 1 hand and lose the other, this is known as "push" and no cash is lost or won. If dealer wins the two hands then the player looses their wager and vice versa. Now if there is a draw, the croupier wins everything. After the hand is competed, the very next person clock-wise gets to be the croupier and the next hand is dealt.