Double-hand Poker is a current game with ancient ancestry. Founded on the old Chinese domino game and the current American adaptation of poker, Pai Gow poker joins the east with the wild west in a wonderful game for beginning level players.
Pai Gow is a poker game that puts the player against the house, not like almost all other poker games that gamblers bet with other players. By wagering against the dealer, new players do not need to be concerned about any other, more advanced gamblers winning their moolla.
Another Pai Gow advantage is the fairly leisurely game pace, beginners can take their time and strategize without needing to make frenzied decisions.
It’s also much simpler to wager on for an extended time with just a little bit of cash since, to not win, each of your hands needs to be lower than both of the houses hands.
Pai Gow is played with 53 cards; the normal 52-card standard deck and one joker. The player is dealt seven cards face up and the dealer receives 7 cards face down.
One 5 card hand and one two card hand have to be put together from the seven cards dealt, the five card hand must be stronger than the 2 card hand. To succeed, a player is required to have both of his hand values to be larger than the dealer’s.