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Now let us discover some alternate variations of poker other than hold’em, 7 card stud, 5 card draw and Omaha. Yes, double-hand poker. Now you must be wondering that double-hand sounds a bit Chinese; well you are correct, this casino game is a blending of the Chinese game pai gow and our own American poker
Definitely this is not one of the most acclaimed types of poker but still widely played. It can be played by up to 7 players. It is played with 1 deck of cards, including a joker. Interestingly, joker can only be used as an ace, or to finish off a straight, flush, straight flush, or royal flush. The important aspect here to bear in mind is other than the normal ranking of hands we have one more winning hand which is "Five Aces" (five aces including the joker). Astonishingly, 5 aces beats all other hand yes, even a royal flush. Each player is dealt 7 cards. The cards are aligned to create 2 hands; a two card hand and a five card hand. The 5 card hand has to be stronger or be equivalent to the two card hand.
After arranging the 2 hands, the cards are positioned on the poker table with the faces down. Once down, you cannot switch them. The dealer will turn over their cards and assemble their hands. Every players hand is played against the dealer’s hands. Should the player take one hand and lose the other, this is referred to as "push" and absolutely no cash is lost or won. If croupier wins the two hands then the player looses their wager the opposite is true if the player wins both hands. Now if there is a tie, the croupier wins everything. Once the hand is played, the next player clock-wise becomes the dealer and the following hand is dealt.