Pai Gow Poker is a modern game with old origins. Founded on the ancient Chinese tile game and the modern American adaptation of poker, Pai Gow poker marries the east with the west in a wonderful game for starting gamblers.
Pai Gow is a poker game that pits the gambler against the croupier, unlike almost all other poker games that gamblers bet against other gamblers. By gambling against the dealer, beginner players don’t have to be concerned about any other, more experienced people taking their cash.
A further Pai Gow edge is the relatively slow game pace, rookies will be able to take their time and strategize while not having to make frenzied choices.
It is also easier to wager on for a very long time with only a tiny amount of money seeing as, to lose, each of your hands has to be lower than each of the dealer’s hands.
Pai Gow uses 53 cards; the normal 52-card standard deck and a single joker. The player is dealt seven cards face up and the dealer is dealt seven cards face down.
One 5 card hand and one 2 card hand must be put together from the seven cards, the five card hand must be stronger than the two card hand. To succeed, a player is required to have both of his hand totals to be higher than the casino’s.