Pai Gow Poker

Seven cards and a joker. Split them into a five-card hand and a two-card hand, and beat the dealer with both. 1–6 players.

Also known as Double-Hand Poker.

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How to play Pai Gow Poker

  1. 1Play chips only — never real money. Everyone starts with 1,000 chips and plays against the dealer, not each other. The deck is 52 cards plus one joker.
  2. 2Each hand, bet 20–500 chips in steps of 20. Then you and the dealer get seven cards each.
  3. 3Split your seven cards into a high hand of five and a low hand of two. Your high hand has to beat your low hand. The low hand can only be a pair or high cards.
  4. 4Hands rank as in poker: straight flush, four of a kind, full house, flush, straight, three of a kind, two pair, pair, high card. Aces are high, and A-2-3-4-5 is the lowest straight. The joker counts as an ace, or fills in a straight, a flush or a straight flush.
  5. 5Not sure how to split? Press House way and your cards are set the way the dealer sets theirs.
  6. 6Once everyone has set, the dealer turns over and always sets the house way, the split that gives the best chances against a typical hand. Beat both dealer hands and you win your bet, less a 5% commission. Win one and lose one and it’s a push. Lose both and you lose your bet. Exact copies go to the dealer.
  7. 7The game lasts 10 hands (or until nobody can cover the 20-chip minimum). Most chips at the end wins; a tie for the most shares the win.

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