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Let’s become versed in some different kinds of poker other than hold’em, five card stud, five card draw and omaha hi-low. Yes, double-hand poker. Now you might be thinking that pai gow sounds a little Chinese; yes you are correct, this casino game is a blending of the Chinese game pai gow and our own American poker
Certainly this is not one of the highly popular forms of poker but still broadly played. It can be enjoyed by up to seven players. It’s played with one deck of cards, with a joker. Interestingly, joker can be used only as an ace, or to complete a straight, flush, straight flush, or royal flush. The critical aspect here to clearly recall is other than the customary ranking of hands we have an additional winning hand which is "Five Aces" (4 Aces and the Joker). Surprisingly, 5 aces is greater than every other hand including royal flush. Every gambler is given seven cards. These cards are arranged to create 2 hands; a 2 card hand and a five card hand. The 5 card hand has to be stronger or be equal to the two card hand.
After arranging the 2 hands, the cards are laid on the poker table with the faces down. Once on the table, you can no longer switch them. The croupier will turn over his cards and arrange their hands. Every players hand is played against the dealer’s hands. If the player take 1 hand and lose the other, this is known as "push" and absolutely no money is lost or won. If dealer wins both hands then the individual looses their bet and vice versa. Now if there is a draw, the croupier wins all. Once the hand is played, the next person clock-wise gets to be the dealer and the following hand is dealt.