Double-Hand Poker Game Rules

by Kole on May 6th, 2010

Let’s learn a distinct kind of poker other than hold’em, seven card stud, five card draw and Omaha. Yes, pai gow poker. Now you must be wondering that pai gow sounds a bit Chinese; yes you are right this game is a mixture of the Chinese game double-hand and our very own Yankee poker. Definitely this isn’t one of the most well-liked forms of poker but still it’s widely played. It could be played by up to seven gamblers.

It’s bet with one deck of 52 cards, plus a joker. Oddly enough, the joker may be used only as an ace, to complete a straight, a flush, a straight flush, or a royal flush. The essential element here to keep in mind is other than the normal rating of hands we have one more winning hand that is "5 Aces" (5 aces including the joker). Amazingly, five aces defeat all other hands which includes royal flush.

Every single player is dealt seven cards. The cards are set up to form two hands; a two card hand and a five card hand. The five card hand must rank higher or be equal to the two card hand. Lastly each of your hands need to rank higher than both of your competitors hands (both five and two card hands). Further the two card hand can just have two permutations; 1 pair and high card.

Immediately after the cards are organized in to 2 hands, they’re placed on the table face down. As soon as you lay them down, you can not handle them. The croupier will turn over his cards and make his hands. Each and every gamblers hand is in comparison to the dealer’s hands. If the player wins one hand and loses the other, this is identified as "push" and no money is won or lost. If croupier wins both hands then he/she captures the gamblers wager and the other way around. Now what if there is certainly a tie, the only edge with the croupier here is they is victorious on all ties.

Right after the hand is wagered, the following person clock-wise becomes the dealer and the subsequent hand is wagered. The main drawback to this casino game is that there is certainly no skill involved and you rely too much on good fortune. Also the chances are weak in comparison to betting with a pot.

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