Pai Gow Poker is a modern game with old origins. Based on the ancient Chinese tile game and the current American adaptation of poker, Pai Gow poker combines the far east with the west in a great game for new gamblers.
Pai Gow is a poker game that puts the gambler against the croupier, unlike the majority of other poker games that players compete against other gamblers. By gambling against the dealer, new players don’t have to be concerned about any other, more experienced gamblers taking their mulla.
A further Pai Gow benefit is the fairly slow game pace, beginners should be able to take their time and strategize without having to make quick decisions.
It is also simpler to wager on for a very long time with only a small amount of money seeing as, to lose, each of your hands needs to be under both of the dealer’s hands.
Pai Gow is played with 53 cards; the customary 52-card common deck and one joker. The player is given seven cards faces showing and the casino gets 7 cards face down.
A five card hand and a two card hand need to be put together from the 7 cards, the five card hand has to be higher than the 2 card hand. To succeed, a player is required to have both of his hand totals to be higher than the dealer’s.