Double-hand Poker is a modern game with old origins. Based on the ancient Chinese domino game and the modern American version of poker, Pai Gow poker joins the east with the wild west in a great game for beginning level players.
Pai Gow is a poker game that puts the gambler against the casino, unlike almost all other poker games that gamblers compete with other players. By gambling against the dealer, starting players don’t need to worry about any other, more knowledgeable players winning their cash.
Another Pai Gow advantage is the relatively leisurely game pace, newcomers can take their time and scheme while not needing to make quick choices.
It’s also much simpler to bet on for a very long time with basically a small amount of money seeing as, to lose, each of your hands must be lower than both of the dealer’s hands.
Pai Gow is played with 53 cards; the regular 52-card common deck and one joker. The gambler is assigned 7 cards face up and the casino receives 7 cards face down.
A five card hand and a 2 card hand have to be put together from the 7 cards dealt, the five card hand has to be higher than the two card hand. To win, a player needs both of his hand values to be larger than the houses.
