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Amateurs Course of Action for Pai Gow Poker

Double-hand Poker is a modern game with ancient ancestry. Built on the ancient Chinese domino game and the modern American adaptation of poker, Pai Gow poker marries the far east with the wild west in an excellent game for starting gamblers.

Pai Gow is a poker game that pits the gambler against the dealer, not like almost all other poker games that players compete with other players. By playing against the dealer, beginner players don’t need to fret about other, more skillful players taking their $$$$.

Another Pai Gow advantage is the generally leisurely game play, beginners will be able to take their time and scheme while not needing to make quick decisions.

It is also much simpler to play for an extended time with just a small bit of cash since, to not win, each of your hands needs to be lower than both of the casino’s hands.

Pai Gow is played with 53 cards; the normal 52-card common deck and one joker. The gambler is assigned 7 cards faces showing and the dealer receives 7 cards faces hidden.

A 5 card hand and one 2 card hand need to be put together from the 7 cards, the 5 card hand has to be better than the two card hand. To win, a player is required to have both of his hand values to be higher than the casino’s.