Let us discover some different kinds of poker other than holdem, five card stud, 5 card draw and Omaha. Yes, pai gow poker. Now you might be thinking that double-hand sounds a little Chinese; well you’re right, this casino game is a mixture of the Chinese game pai gow and our own us poker
Certainly this is not one of the highly acclaimed varieties of poker but still broadly played. It can be enjoyed by up to seven players. It’s played with one deck of cards, plus a joker. Interestingly, the Joker can be used only as an ace, or to complete a straight, flush, straight flush, or royal flush. The critical element here to bear in mind is other than the usual ranking of hands we’ve an additional winning hand which is "Five Aces" (4 Aces and the Joker). Surprisingly, 5 aces beats every other hand yes, even a royal flush. Every player is given 7 cards. These cards are arranged to create 2 hands; a two card hand and a five card hand. The five card hand must be better or be equal to the two card hand.
After arranging the two hands, the cards are placed on the table face down. Once on the table, you can’t change them. The croupier will turn over his cards and assemble his hands. Every competitors hand is compared to the dealer’s hands. If the player take 1 hand and lose the other, this is referred to as "push" and absolutely no cash is lost or won. If dealer wins both hands then the player looses their wager and vice versa. Now if the hand is a draw, the croupier wins everything. After the hand is played, the next player clock-wise becomes the dealer and the following hand is given out.
