Pai Gow Poker Guidelines

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Let’s discover some alternate forms of poker other than hold’em, 7 card stud, five card draw and omaha eight-or-better. Yes, double-hand poker. Now you might be wondering that double-hand sounds a little Chinese; yes you are right, this game is a mixture of the Chinese game pai gow and our own us poker
Certainly this isn’t one of the highly acclaimed forms of poker but still widely played. It can be enjoyed by up to seven players. It is played with 1 deck of 52 cards, with a joker. Interestingly, the Joker can be used only as an ace, or to complete a straight, flush, straight flush, or a royal flush. The essential thing here to remember is aside from the typical ranking of hands we’ve one more winning hand which is "Five Aces" (5 aces including the joker). Surprisingly, five aces beats all other hand including royal flush. Every player is dealt 7 cards. The cards are arranged to make 2 hands; a 2 card hand and a 5 card hand. The five card hand must be better or be equal to the 2 card hand.
After arranging the two hands, the cards are positioned on the poker table with the faces down. Once down, you are no longer allowed to switch them. The croupier will turn over his cards and arrange their hands. Each competitors hand is played against the dealer’s hands. If the player take 1 hand and lose the other, this is called a "push" and no money is exchanged. If dealer wins both hands then the gambler gives up their wager and vice versa. Now if there is a draw, the dealer wins everything. Once the hand is played, the very next person clock-wise gets to be the croupier and the next hand is dealt.