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Let us become versed in some different types of poker other than texas hold’em, 7 card stud, 5 card draw and omaha/8. Yes, double-hand poker. Now you must be wondering that pai gow sounds a bit Chinese; well you are right, this game is a mixture of the Chinese game pai gow and poker
Clearly this is not one of the most popular varieties of poker but still widely played. It can be enjoyed by up to 7 players. It is played with one deck of 52 cards, including a joker. Interestingly, joker can only be used as an ace, or to complete a straight, flush, straight flush, or a royal flush. The important thing here to remember is other than the normal ranking of hands we’ve one more winning hand that is "Five Aces" (5 aces including the joker). Surprisingly, five aces defeats all other hand including royal flush. Each gambler is given seven cards. The cards are aligned to make 2 hands; a 2 card hand and a 5 card hand. The five card hand must be better or be equal to the two card hand.
After setting up the two hands, the cards are placed on the table with the faces down. Once on the table, you can’t change them. The croupier will turn over their cards and arrange his hands. Each competitors hand is compared to the dealer’s hands. If the player take 1 hand and loses the other, this is referred to as "push" and absolutely no cash is exchanged. If croupier wins both hands then the bettor looses their bet the opposite is correct if the player wins both hands. Now if the hand is a draw, the dealer wins all. After the hand is played, the next person clock-wise gets to be the dealer and the following hand is given out.