Double-hand Poker is a cutting-edge game with ancient origins. Based on the ancient Chinese tile game and the current American version of poker, Pai Gow poker combines the east with the west in a great game for starting gamblers.
Pai Gow is a poker game that pits the player against the dealer, not like most other poker games that gamblers compete against other gamblers. By competing against the dealer, new players don’t need to worry about any other, more experienced players taking their moolla.
An additional Pai Gow advantage is the fairly slow game pace, newcomers will be able to take their time and strategize while not having to make frenzied choices.
It’s also much simpler to gamble on for a long time with just a tiny amount of money since, to not win, both of your hands needs to be under both of the dealer’s hands.
Pai Gow uses 53 cards; the familiar 52-card standard deck and one joker. The player is assigned 7 cards face up and the house gets 7 cards faces hidden.
A five card hand and a 2 card hand have to be made from the 7 cards dealt, the 5 card hand must be better than the two card hand. To win, a player needs both of his hand totals to be larger than the houses.