Pai Gow Poker is a modern game with ancient origins. Built on the ancient Chinese domino game and the current American adaptation of poker, Pai Gow poker joins the eastern with the western in an awesome game for early level gamblers.
Pai Gow is a poker game that puts the gambler vs. the casino, unlike almost all other poker games that players wager against other players. By gambling against the dealer, starting players don’t need to worry about any other, more experienced gamblers taking their moolla.
Another Pai Gow advantage is the relatively slow game play, rookies are able to take their time and plan while not needing to make hasty selections.
It is also much simpler to participate in for a very long time with only a little bit of money since, to not win, each of your hands has to be lower than both of the dealer’s hands.
Pai Gow uses 53 cards; the regular 52-card standard deck and a single joker. The player is dealt 7 cards faces showing and the dealer gets seven cards faces hidden.
A 5 card hand and one 2 card hand must be made from the 7 cards, the 5 card hand has to be better than the two card hand. To win, a player is required to have both of his hand values to be higher than the casino’s.