Double-hand Poker is a current game with old ancestry. Built on the old Chinese tile game and the current American variation of poker, Pai Gow poker combines the far east with the western in a great game for new players.
Pai Gow is a poker game that pits the player versus the casino, unlike most other poker games that players play with other players. By betting against the dealer, starting players do not need to be concerned about other, more advanced players taking their cash.
Another Pai Gow advantage is the fairly leisurely game play, novices are able to take their time and plan without needing to make quick decisions.
It is also simpler to play for a long time with basically a little amount of cash seeing as, to lose, each of your hands has to be under each of the dealer’s hands.
Pai Gow is played with 53 cards; the normal 52-card common deck and a single joker. The player is given 7 cards faces showing and the casino is given 7 cards face down.
A 5 card hand and one 2 card hand need to be put together from the seven cards dealt, the five card hand must be stronger than the 2 card hand. To win, a player is required to have both of his hand totals to be larger than the casino’s.