Let us learn a various type of poker other than hold’em, 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 are right this game is a mix of the Chinese game double-hand and our very own American poker. Definitely this is not one of the most well-known types of poker but still it’s widely bet. It can be played by up to seven gamblers.
It’s played with 1 deck of 52 cards, including a joker. Strangely enough, the joker may be utilized only as an ace, to finish a straight, a flush, a straight flush, or a royal flush. The crucial element here to keep in mind is other than the usual ranking of hands we have one more winning hand that’s "5 Aces" (5 aces including the joker). Amazingly, five aces beat all other hands including royal flush.
Every gambler is dealt seven cards. The cards are organized to form two hands; a two card hand and a five card hand. The five card hand must rank greater or be equal to the 2 card hand. Lastly each of your hands have to rank higher than each of your oppositions hands (each 5 and 2 card hands). Additionally the two card hand can just have two combinations; one pair and high card.
Immediately after the cards are set up in to two hands, they’re placed on the table face down. As soon as you put them down, you can not touch them. The croupier will turn over his cards and make their hands. Every gamblers hand is in comparison to the dealer’s hands. If the gambler is victorious on one hand and manages to lose the other, this is known as "push" and no money is won or lost. If croupier wins both hands then he/she captures the gamblers wager and the other way round. Now what if there’s a tie, the only advantage with the croupier here is they wins all ties.
Immediately after the hand is wagered, the next individual clock-wise becomes the croupier and the following hand is bet. The main downside to this casino game is that there’s no talent involved and you depend too much on fortune. Also the odds are inadequate in comparison to playing with a pot.