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Let’s become versed in some different types of poker other than holdem, five card stud, five card draw and omaha eight-or-better. Yes, pai gow poker. Now you must be wondering that pai gow sounds a little Chinese; yes you are correct, this casino game is a mixture of the Chinese game pai gow and our own us poker
Clearly this is not one of the highly popular types of poker but still commonly played. It can be played by up to 7 players. It’s played with 1 deck of 52 cards, including a joker. Interestingly, joker can only be used as an ace, or to complete a straight, flush, a straight flush, or a royal flush. The important detail here to remember is apart from the usual ranking of hands we have an additional winning hand which is "Five Aces" (five aces including the joker). Surprisingly, five aces defeats all other hand including royal flush. Every gambler is dealt 7 cards. The cards are arranged to create 2 hands; a 2 card hand and a 5 card hand. The five card hand must be stronger or be equal to the 2 card hand.
After setting up the two hands, the cards are placed on the poker table with the faces down. Once down, you are no longer allowed to switch them. The dealer will turn over their cards and assemble their hands. Each competitors hand is played against the dealer’s hands. Should the player wins 1 hand and lose the other, this is called a "push" and absolutely no cash is lost or won. If croupier wins both hands then the individual looses their wager the opposite is true if the player wins both hands. Now if the hand is a tie, the dealer wins all. Once the hand is competed, the next person clock-wise gets to be the croupier and the following hand is dealt.