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Now let’s become versed in some different variations of poker other than texas hold’em, 5 card stud, 5 card draw and omaha/8. Yes, pai gow poker. Now you might be wondering that pai gow sounds a bit Chinese; well you are correct, this casino game is a blending of the Chinese game pai gow and our own us poker
Clearly this isn’t one of the highly acclaimed styles of poker but still broadly played. It can be enjoyed by up to seven players. It’s played with 1 deck of 52 cards, with a joker. Interestingly, joker can only be used as an ace, or to complete a straight, flush, straight flush, or a royal flush. The essential thing here to clearly recall is aside from the normal ranking of hands we have one more winning hand which is "Five Aces" (5 aces including the joker). Astonishingly, five aces beats every other hand including royal flush. Each gambler is given seven cards. These cards are aligned to create 2 hands; a two card hand and a five card hand. The five card hand must be stronger or be equivalent to the two card hand.
After arranging the 2 hands, the cards are positioned on the poker table face down. Once down, you can’t touch them. The croupier will flip over his cards and assemble their hands. Every players hand is compared to the dealer’s hands. If the player take 1 hand and loses the other, this is referred to as "push" and absolutely no cash is lost or won. If dealer wins both hands then the player gives up their bet the opposite is correct if the player wins both hands. Now if there is a draw, the croupier wins all. Once the hand is competed, the next player clock-wise gets to be the dealer and the following hand is dealt.