Pai Gow Poker is a current game with ancient ancestry. Built on the old Chinese domino game and the modern American adaptation of poker, Pai Gow poker joins the far east with the west in a great game for beginner level gamblers.
Pai Gow is a poker game that pits the gambler versus the croupier, not like most other poker games that gamblers bet against other gamblers. By playing against the dealer, starting players don’t need to fret about any other, more advanced gamblers winning their cash.
An additional Pai Gow advantage is the fairly leisurely game pace, newcomers should be able to take their time and scheme while not needing to make quick decisions.
It is also easier to play for a very long time with just a small amount of money after all, to lose, both of your hands needs to be lower than each of the dealer’s hands.
Pai Gow uses 53 cards; the customary 52-card standard deck and one joker. The gambler is assigned 7 cards face up and the casino receives seven cards faces hidden.
One five card hand and one two card hand must be made from the 7 cards dealt, the 5 card hand has to be higher than the 2 card hand. To succeed, a player needs both of his hand totals to be larger than the houses.