Pai Gow Poker is a modern game with ancient ancestry. Built on the old Chinese domino game and the modern American adaptation of poker, Pai Gow poker bands together the east with the western in an excellent game for starting gamblers.
Pai Gow is a poker game that puts the player vs. the casino, unlike nearly all other poker games that gamblers play with other gamblers. By betting against the dealer, starting players do not need to worry about other, more advanced players winning their cash.
An additional Pai Gow advantage is the generally slow game play, newcomers can take their time and strategize while not having to make hasty selections.
It’s also much simpler to play for a very long time with just a small amount of cash 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 familiar 52-card basic deck and one joker. The player is dealt 7 cards face up and the croupier is dealt 7 cards faces hidden.
One 5 card hand and one 2 card hand have to be put together from the seven cards dealt, the 5 card hand must be higher than the two card hand. To win, a player is required to have both of his hand values to be higher than the dealer’s.
