Let us learn a distinct type of poker other than Texas holdem, 5 card stud, five card draw and Omaha Hold’em. Yes, pai-gow poker. Now you must be wondering that pai-gow sounds a little Chinese; yes you are right this game is really a blend of the Chinese casino game pai gow and our very own US poker. Surely this is not one of the most popular types of poker but still it is widely wagered. It can be wagered by up to seven players.
It’s bet with 1 deck of fifty-two cards, plus a joker. Oddly enough, the joker may be employed only as an ace, to finish a straight, a flush, a straight flush, or a royal flush. The important thing here to bear in mind is aside from the normal rating of hands we have one more winning hand that’s "Five Aces" (five aces including the joker). Surprisingly, 5 aces defeat all other hands which includes royal flush.
Each gambler is dealt seven cards. The cards are set up to form 2 hands; a 2 card hand and a 5 card hand. The five card hand has to rank higher or be equal to the 2 card hand. Finally both of your hands need to rank higher than each of your competitors hands (both 5 and 2 card hands). Further the 2 card hand can only have two permutations; 1 pair and high card.
After the cards are organized in to two hands, they’re positioned on the table face down. Once you lay them down, you can not handle them. The dealer will turn over his cards and make their hands. Every single gamblers hand is compared to the dealer’s hands. If the gambler is victorious on one hand and loses the other, this is known as "push" and no money is won or lost. If croupier wins both hands then they captures the players wager and the opposite way round. Now what if there’s a tie, the only edge with the croupier here is he/she wins all ties.
Right after the hand is played, the next individual clock-wise becomes the dealer and the subsequent hand is wagered. The big drawback to this casino game is that there is certainly no skill required and you rely too much on fortune. Also the odds are poor in comparison to playing with a pot.
