Double-hand Poker is a modern game with ancient origins. Built on the ancient Chinese domino game and the current American adaptation of poker, Pai Gow poker bands together the eastern with the wild west in a wonderful game for early level gamblers.
Pai Gow is a poker game that pits the gambler versus the casino, unlike almost all other poker games that players play with other players. By competing against the dealer, new players don’t have to fret about other, more knowledgeable people winning their cash.
An additional Pai Gow benefit is the generally slow game play, rookies can take their time and scheme while not having to make frenzied decisions.
It is also much simpler to participate in for an extended time with only a small bit of cash since, to lose, each of your hands has to be lower than both of the dealer’s hands.
Pai Gow is played with 53 cards; the familiar 52-card common deck and a single joker. The player is given 7 cards face up and the dealer receives 7 cards faces hidden.
A 5 card hand and one two card hand have to be put together from the 7 cards, the five card hand has to be stronger than the two card hand. To succeed, a player needs both of his hand totals to be larger than the houses.