Pai Gow Poker is a cutting-edge game with ancient origins. Built on the ancient Chinese domino game and the current American adaptation of poker, Pai Gow poker marries the eastern with the western in a great game for starting gamblers.
Pai Gow is a poker game that pits the player vs. the house, not like the majority of other poker games that players play with other gamblers. By playing against the dealer, beginning players don’t have to fret about any other, more experienced people taking their moolla.
A further Pai Gow advantage is the generally slow game play, newcomers will be able to take their time and scheme while not needing to make frenzied decisions.
It is also easier to wager on for a long time with just a small amount of cash seeing as, to lose, both of your hands has to be under both of the dealer’s hands.
Pai Gow is played with 53 cards; the normal 52-card standard deck and one joker. The gambler is assigned seven cards faces showing and the dealer gets 7 cards face down.
One five card hand and a 2 card hand have to be put together from the 7 cards dealt, the five card hand must be stronger than the 2 card hand. To win, a player needs both of his hand values to be better than the dealer’s.