Double-hand Poker is a modern game with old origins. Founded on the ancient Chinese domino game and the modern American version of poker, Pai Gow poker combines the eastern with the western in an awesome game for early level players.
Pai Gow is a poker game that puts the gambler against the house, not like most other poker games that gamblers compete against other players. By competing against the dealer, beginner players do not need to fret about other, more skillful players taking their cash.
An additional Pai Gow advantage is the generally leisurely game pace, rookies should be able to take their time and strategize without needing to make quick decisions.
It’s also easier to participate in for a very long time with just a tiny bit of money after all, to lose, each of your hands needs to be lower than each of the houses hands.
Pai Gow uses 53 cards; the normal 52-card standard deck and a single joker. The player is given seven cards face up and the croupier gets 7 cards faces hidden.
A 5 card hand and one two card hand need to be put together from the seven cards dealt, the 5 card hand has to be better than the two card hand. To succeed, a player is required to have both of his hand values to be higher than the dealer’s.