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Let’s learn some alternate kinds of poker other than texas hold’em, seven card stud, 5 card draw and omaha hold’em. Yes, pai gow poker. Now you might be thinking that double-hand sounds a bit Chinese; well you are right, this card game is a mixture of the Chinese game pai gow and poker
Absolutely this is not one of the highly popular styles of poker but still widely played. It can be played by up to 7 players. It’s played with one deck of cards, with a joker. Interestingly, the Joker can only be used as an ace, or to complete a straight, flush, straight flush, or royal flush. The essential detail here to remember is aside from the usual ranking of hands we have one more winning hand that is "Five Aces" (5 aces including the joker). Surprisingly, five aces is greater than all other hand including royal flush. Each player is given 7 cards. The cards are aligned to make two hands; a 2 card hand and a five card hand. The 5 card hand has to be better or be equivalent to the two card hand.
After setting up the 2 hands, the cards are laid on the table face down. Once on the table, you can’t switch them. The croupier will turn over his cards and make his hands. Every players hand is compared to the croupier’s hands. Should the player take one hand and loses the other, this is known as "push" and absolutely no money is lost or won. If dealer wins both hands then the player gives up their wager the opposite is true if the player wins both hands. Now if there is a tie, the croupier wins all. After the hand is played, the next player clock-wise becomes the dealer and the next hand is dealt.