Double-hand Poker is a current game with ancient ancestry. Based on the old Chinese domino game and the modern American version of poker, Pai Gow poker bands together the east with the west in an awesome game for beginner level gamblers.
Pai Gow is a poker game that pits the player versus the croupier, not like most other poker games that gamblers play with other gamblers. By gambling against the dealer, new players don’t have to fret about any other, more advanced people winning their money.
An additional Pai Gow advantage is the fairly slow game play, rookies can take their time and scheme while not needing to make hasty choices.
It’s also easier to bet on for an extended time with only a little bit of cash after all, to lose, each of your hands must be lower than both of the casino’s hands.
Pai Gow is played with 53 cards; the regular 52-card common deck and a single joker. The player is assigned seven cards faces showing and the croupier gets 7 cards face down.
A 5 card hand and one 2 card hand must be put together from the seven cards, the 5 card hand must be better than the 2 card hand. To win, a player needs both of his hand totals to be larger than the casino’s.