Double-hand Poker is a current game with ancient origins. Built on the old Chinese domino game and the current American version of poker, Pai Gow poker marries the east with the wild west in a fantastic game for beginning level gamblers.
Pai Gow is a poker game that puts the player against the dealer, not like most other poker games that gamblers wager against other gamblers. By gambling against the dealer, new players don’t have to worry about any other, more experienced people taking their $$$$.
An additional Pai Gow edge is the fairly leisurely game play, rookies can take their time and plan without needing to make quick decisions.
It’s also simpler to wager on for an extended time with basically a small bit of money since, to not win, each of your hands needs to be under both of the houses hands.
Pai Gow uses 53 cards; the customary 52-card standard deck and one joker. The player is assigned seven cards face up and the dealer gets 7 cards face down.
A 5 card hand and a 2 card hand must be made from the seven cards dealt, the 5 card hand must be stronger than the two card hand. To win, a player needs both of his hand values to be larger than the dealer’s.