Let us learn a various sort of poker other than holdem, 5 card stud, five card draw and Omaha Hold’em. Yes, pai gow poker. Now you should be wondering that pai gow sounds a bit Chinese; yes you’re correct this game is a mixture of the Chinese game pai-gow and our very own American poker. Certainly this isn’t one of the most popular styles of poker but still it’s widely played. It may be played by up to 7 gamblers.
It is played with 1 deck of fifty-two cards, plus a joker. Strangely enough, the joker may be employed only as an ace, to complete a straight, a flush, a straight flush, or a royal flush. The essential thing here to remember is apart from the usual ranking of hands we have one more winning hand that’s "Five Aces" (5 aces such as the joker). Remarkably, 5 aces defeat all other hands which includes royal flush.
Each and every gambler is dealt 7 cards. The cards are set up to make 2 hands; a 2 card hand and a 5 card hand. The five card hand has to rank greater or be equal to the two card hand. Finally each of your hands have to rank higher than each of your competitors hands (both 5 and 2 card hands). Further the 2 card hand can only have 2 combinations; one pair and high card.
Right after the cards are arranged in to 2 hands, they’re positioned on the table face down. As soon as you place them down, you can no longer handle them. The croupier will turn over their cards and make his hands. Every gamblers hand is compared to the croupier’s hands. If the player wins 1 hand and loses the other, this is identified as "push" and no money is won or lost. If dealer wins both hands then he/she captures the players wager and the opposite way round. Now what if there’s a tie, the only benefit with the croupier here is they is victorious on all ties.
Following the hand is wagered, the following individual clock-wise becomes the dealer and the subsequent hand is wagered. The major drawback to this game is that there is certainly no skill required and you depend too much on fortune. Also the odds are terrible in comparison to wagering with a pot.
