Double-hand Poker is a modern game with old origins. Based on the old Chinese tile game and the modern American variation of poker, Pai Gow poker bands together the east with the wild west in a great game for new gamblers.
Pai Gow is a poker game that pits the gambler vs. the casino, not like the majority of other poker games that gamblers compete against other gamblers. By playing against the dealer, beginning players do not have to worry about other, more experienced players taking their cash.
An additional Pai Gow benefit is the fairly leisurely game play, rookies will be able to take their time and plan without having to make quick decisions.
It is also much simpler to gamble on for a very long time with only a tiny bit of cash after all, to lose, each of your hands has to be under each of the houses hands.
Pai Gow is played with 53 cards; the familiar 52-card standard deck and a single joker. The player is assigned seven cards faces showing and the house is given 7 cards face down.
One 5 card hand and a two card hand must be made from the seven cards dealt, the 5 card hand must be higher than the 2 card hand. To succeed, a player needs both of his hand totals to be larger than the dealer’s.