Double-hand Poker is a modern game with ancient ancestry. Built on the ancient Chinese tile game and the modern American version of poker, Pai Gow poker marries the far east with the wild west in a wonderful game for beginning level gamblers.
Pai Gow is a poker game that puts the player vs. the croupier, unlike almost all other poker games that players compete against other gamblers. By competing against the dealer, starting players don’t need to worry about any other, more skillful players winning their mulla.
A further Pai Gow advantage is the generally leisurely game pace, beginners will be able to take their time and plan while not needing to make frenzied decisions.
It is also much simpler to wager on for a very long time with basically a tiny bit of money seeing as, to lose, each of your hands must be under both of the dealer’s hands.
Pai Gow is played with 53 cards; the customary 52-card basic deck and one joker. The gambler is dealt seven cards face up and the dealer gets 7 cards face down.
One 5 card hand and one 2 card hand have to be put together from the 7 cards dealt, the 5 card hand must be better than the two card hand. To succeed, a player is required to have both of his hand totals to be better than the dealer’s.