Double-hand Poker is a modern game with old ancestry. Founded on the ancient Chinese tile game and the current American adaptation of poker, Pai Gow poker combines the east with the wild west in a fantastic game for beginning level gamblers.
Pai Gow is a poker game that pits the gambler versus the croupier, not like nearly all other poker games that gamblers wager against other gamblers. By betting against the dealer, beginning players don’t have to be concerned about other, more advanced individuals taking their money.
Another Pai Gow edge is the generally slow game play, newcomers will be able to take their time and plan without having to make hasty choices.
It’s also simpler to wager on for an extended time with only a little amount of money seeing as, to not win, both of your hands needs to be under both of the dealer’s hands.
Pai Gow uses 53 cards; the normal 52-card standard deck and one joker. The gambler is assigned 7 cards faces showing and the house is given 7 cards face down.
One five card hand and a 2 card hand must be made from the seven cards dealt, the 5 card hand must be better than the two card hand. To succeed, a player needs both of his hand totals to be larger than the dealer’s.