Pai Gow Poker is a modern game with ancient ancestry. Founded on the old Chinese tile game and the current American adaptation of poker, Pai Gow poker marries the east with the wild west in a wonderful game for starting players.
Pai Gow is a poker game that puts the gambler versus the house, unlike almost all other poker games that players play against other gamblers. By betting against the dealer, new players don’t need to fret about any other, more knowledgeable players winning their $$$$.
One more Pai Gow advantage is the fairly slow game pace, novices are able to take their time and scheme without needing to make hasty decisions.
It is also easier to play for a long time with only a little amount of money seeing as, to not win, both of your hands has to be under both of the houses hands.
Pai Gow is played with 53 cards; the familiar 52-card standard deck and one joker. The gambler is assigned seven cards face up and the dealer gets seven cards face down.
A five card hand and one 2 card hand have to be put together from the seven cards dealt, the 5 card hand has to be stronger than the two card hand. To win, a player needs both of his hand totals to be higher than the houses.