Double-hand Poker is a modern game with old ancestry. Founded on the old Chinese tile game and the modern American adaptation of poker, Pai Gow poker marries the east with the wild west in a wonderful game for beginner level gamblers.
Pai Gow is a poker game that puts the gambler against the house, not like most other poker games that gamblers bet with other gamblers. By competing against the dealer, beginning players don’t have to worry about any other, more experienced individuals winning their mulla.
A further Pai Gow advantage is the relatively leisurely game play, novices can take their time and plan while not having to make hasty choices.
It is also much simpler to participate in for an extended time with only a tiny amount of cash since, to not win, both of your hands must be lower than each of the dealer’s hands.
Pai Gow uses 53 cards; the regular 52-card standard deck and a single joker. The player is given seven cards faces showing and the dealer is given 7 cards faces hidden.
One 5 card hand and one 2 card hand have to be put together from the 7 cards, the 5 card hand has to be stronger than the 2 card hand. To win, a player needs both of his hand values to be higher than the houses.
