Beginners Course of Action for Pai Gow Poker
Posted in Poker on 03/19/2013 10:21 pm by Marley
Double-hand Poker is a modern game with old ancestry. Founded on the old Chinese domino game and the modern American version of poker, Pai Gow poker marries the far east with the west in a great game for starting gamblers.
Pai Gow is a poker game that puts the player against the croupier, unlike nearly all other poker games that players wager against other players. By wagering against the dealer, new players do not have to worry about any other, more knowledgeable gamblers taking their $$$$.
A further Pai Gow edge is the generally slow game pace, rookies can take their time and strategize without needing to make quick decisions.
It is also easier to bet on for a long time with only a small bit of money since, to not win, each of your hands needs to be lower than each of the houses hands.
Pai Gow is played with 53 cards; the regular 52-card basic deck and a single joker. The player is given seven cards face up and the croupier receives seven cards faces hidden.
One 5 card hand and a two card hand need to be made from the 7 cards dealt, the 5 card hand must be higher than the two card hand. To win, a player needs both of his hand values to be higher than the casino’s.