Double-hand Poker is a modern game with old ancestry. Based on the ancient Chinese tile game and the modern American variation of poker, Pai Gow poker marries the east with the western in an awesome game for beginning level gamblers.
Pai Gow is a poker game that puts the player vs. the croupier, unlike nearly all other poker games that players play against other players. By betting against the dealer, new players don’t have to worry about any other, more knowledgeable people winning their moolla.
One more Pai Gow edge is the generally slow game pace, rookies are able to take their time and scheme without needing to make quick decisions.
It is also easier to enjoy for a very long time with just a small amount of cash since, to lose, both of your hands needs to be under each of the dealer’s hands.
Pai Gow is played with 53 cards; the familiar 52-card common deck and a single joker. The gambler is assigned seven cards face up and the house is given 7 cards faces hidden.
One five card hand and one two card hand have to be put together from the 7 cards dealt, the five card hand must be stronger than the two card hand. To win, a player needs both of his hand totals to be better than the dealer’s.