Double-hand Poker is a cutting-edge game with old ancestry. Founded on the old Chinese domino game and the modern American version of poker, Pai Gow poker marries the east with the west in a wonderful game for new gamblers.
Pai Gow is a poker game that pits the player vs. the croupier, not like nearly all other poker games that players bet with other players. By betting against the dealer, new players don’t have to worry about other, more experienced people taking their cash.
One more Pai Gow benefit is the generally slow game play, beginners can take their time and scheme while not having to make quick decisions.
It’s also easier to play for a very long time with basically a tiny amount of cash after all, to lose, each of your hands has to be under both of the dealer’s hands.
Pai Gow is played with 53 cards; the regular 52-card standard deck and one joker. The gambler is assigned seven cards face up and the dealer gets 7 cards face down.
A 5 card hand and one 2 card hand need to be made from the seven cards, the 5 card hand has to be higher than the 2 card hand. To win, a player is required to have both of his hand values to be larger than the casino’s.
