Double-hand Poker Guidelines
Posted in Poker on 05/29/2013 11:21 am by Lilly
Now let us discover some different forms of poker other than holdem, five card stud, five card draw and omaha hold’em. Yes, pai gow poker. Now you might be thinking that double-hand sounds a bit Chinese; well you’re right, this game is a mixture of the Chinese game pai gow and poker
Absolutely this is not one of the most popular types of poker but still commonly played. It can be played by up to 7 players. It’s played with one deck of cards, with a joker. Interestingly, joker can be used only as an ace, or to complete a straight, a flush, a straight flush, or royal flush. The essential element here to clearly recall is apart from the normal ranking of hands we have an additional winning hand that is "Five Aces" (5 aces including the joker). Astonishingly, 5 aces defeats all other hand including royal flush. Each gambler is given seven cards. These cards are aligned to make two hands; a 2 card hand and a 5 card hand. The five card hand has to rank higher or be equivalent to the 2 card hand.
After setting up the 2 hands, the cards are placed on the table with the faces down. Once on the table, you can no longer change them. The dealer will flip over their cards and make their hands. Every players hand is compared to the croupier’s hands. Should the player take one hand and loses the other, this is called a "push" and no money is exchanged. If croupier wins both hands then the bettor gives up their bet the opposite is true if the player wins both hands. Now if there is a draw, the dealer wins all. After the hand is competed, the next player clock-wise becomes the dealer and the following hand is given out.