Let us learn a different kind of poker other than Texas holdem, 5 card stud, 5 card draw and Omaha Holdem. Yes, pai-gow poker. Now you ought to be wondering that pai-gow sounds a bit Chinese; yes you’re correct this game is a combination of the Chinese casino game double-hand and our very own US poker. Certainly this is not 1 of the most well-known forms of poker but still it’s widely wagered. It is usually bet by up to 7 gamblers.
It’s bet with one deck of fifty-two cards, plus a joker. Curiously, the joker can be used only as an ace, to finish a straight, a flush, a straight flush, or a royal flush. The critical thing here to remember is other than the usual ranking of hands we have 1 more winning hand which is "Five Aces" (five aces which includes the joker). Surprisingly, 5 aces defeat all other hands including royal flush.
Each player is dealt seven cards. The cards are arranged to form two hands; a two card hand and a five card hand. The five card hand has to rank greater or be equal to the 2 card hand. Finally each of your hands need to rank higher than both of your opponents hands (both five and 2 card hands). Additionally the two card hand can merely have 2 permutations; one pair and high card.
Right 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 handle them. The croupier will turn over his cards and make his hands. Each players hand is compared to the dealer’s hands. If the gambler is victorious on one hand and loses the other, this is known as "push" and no money is exchanged. If croupier wins both hands then they captures the players stake and vice versa. Now what if there’s a tie, the only edge with the croupier here is he/she wins all ties.
Immediately after the hand is bet, the following person clock-wise becomes the dealer and the following hand is bet. The main downside to this game is that there is no talent involved and you depend too much on good fortune. Also the chances are weak compared to playing with a pot.