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Let us learn some different styles of poker other than hold’em, 5 card stud, five card draw and Omaha. Yes, pai gow poker. Now you might be wondering that double-hand sounds a little Chinese; yes you’re right, this card game is a mixture of the Chinese game pai gow and our very own American poker
Certainly this is not one of the highly acclaimed varieties of poker but still broadly played. It can be played by up to 7 players. It is played with one deck of 52 cards, plus a joker. Interestingly, the Joker can only be used as an ace, or to complete a straight, a flush, straight flush, or royal flush. The essential detail here to always remember is aside from the typical ranking of hands we have an additional winning hand which is "Five Aces" (4 Aces and the Joker). Astonishingly, 5 aces is greater than every other hand including royal flush. Every gambler is dealt 7 cards. These cards are arranged to create two hands; a 2 card hand and a 5 card hand. The 5 card hand must be stronger or be equivalent to the 2 card hand.
After arranging the two hands, the cards are positioned on the poker table with the faces down. Once down, you can no longer change them. The dealer will turn over his cards and assemble his hands. Each players hand is compared to the dealer’s hands. Should the player take 1 hand and loses the other, this is referred to as "push" and absolutely no cash is exchanged. If dealer wins both hands then the gambler gives up their bet the opposite is correct if the player wins both hands. Now if the hand is a draw, the dealer wins everything. Once the hand is competed, the very next player clock-wise gets to be the dealer and the next hand is given out.