Novice Strategy for Pai Gow Poker
Posted in Poker on 12/07/2012 10:21 am by Lilly
Pai Gow Poker is a current game with old ancestry. Founded on the old Chinese domino game and the current American version of poker, Pai Gow poker bands together the far east with the west in a wonderful game for starting players.
Pai Gow is a poker game that puts the gambler versus the casino, unlike almost all other poker games that gamblers bet against other players. By wagering against the dealer, new players don’t have to worry about other, more knowledgeable players taking their $$$$.
Another Pai Gow edge is the relatively leisurely game play, newcomers should be able to take their time and plan while not having to make quick decisions.
It is also much simpler to enjoy for a long time with basically a small bit of money seeing as, to not win, both of your hands must be under each of the dealer’s hands.
Pai Gow is played with 53 cards; the regular 52-card common deck and a single joker. The player is assigned seven cards faces showing and the casino is dealt 7 cards faces hidden.
One five card hand and one two card hand need to be put together from the seven cards dealt, the 5 card hand has to be better than the 2 card hand. To win, a player needs both of his hand totals to be better than the casino’s.