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Let’s become versed in some alternate kinds of poker other than Texas holdem, 7 card stud, 5 card draw and omaha hold’em. Yes, pai gow poker. Now you must be thinking that pai gow sounds a little Chinese; yes you’re correct, this game is a mixture of the Chinese game pai gow and our very own us poker
Clearly this isn’t one of the highly popular types of poker but still widely played. It can be played by up to seven players. It is played with one deck of cards, with a joker. Interestingly, the Joker can be used only as an ace, or to finish off a straight, a flush, straight flush, or royal flush. The critical detail here to clearly recall is aside from the customary ranking of hands we’ve an additional winning hand that is "Five Aces" (5 aces including the joker). Surprisingly, 5 aces defeats all other hand including royal flush. Each player is dealt seven cards. The cards are aligned to make 2 hands; a 2 card hand and a five card hand. The 5 card hand has to be stronger or be equal to the 2 card hand.
After arranging the two hands, the cards are placed on the poker table face down. Once on the table, you cannot switch them. The croupier will flip over their cards and assemble his hands. Each competitors hand is compared to the dealer’s hands. Should the player take 1 hand and lose the other, this is known as "push" and no cash is exchanged. If croupier wins the two hands then the individual gives up their bet the opposite is correct if the player wins both hands. Now if the hand is a tie, the dealer wins everything. Once the hand is played, the next person clock-wise becomes the croupier and the next hand is dealt.