Pai Gow Poker Guidelines

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Now let us learn some different types of poker other than Texas holdem, five card stud, 5 card draw and omaha hold’em. Yes, double-hand poker. Now you must be thinking that double-hand sounds a little Chinese; yes you’re correct, this game is a mixture of the Chinese game pai gow and our own us poker
Certainly this isn’t one of the highly acclaimed types of poker but still commonly played. It can be enjoyed by up to 7 players. It is played with one deck of cards, including a joker. Interestingly, joker can be used only as an ace, or to complete a straight, a flush, a straight flush, or a royal flush. The essential aspect here to bear in mind is apart from the typical ranking of hands we’ve an additional winning hand that is "Five Aces" (4 Aces and the Joker). Astonishingly, five aces defeats every other hand including royal flush. Each player is dealt 7 cards. The cards are aligned to make two hands; a 2 card hand and a five card hand. The five card hand has to rank higher or be equal to the two card hand.
After arranging the two hands, the cards are laid on the poker table with the faces down. Once on the table, you cannot switch them. The croupier will flip over their cards and assemble their hands. Every players hand is compared to the croupier’s hands. If the player wins one hand and lose the other, this is referred to as "push" and no money is exchanged. If croupier wins the two hands then the player looses their wager and vice versa. Now if the hand is a tie, the dealer wins all. Once the hand is played, the very next player clock-wise gets to be the croupier and the next hand is dealt.