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Now let's learn some different forms of poker other than holdem, seven card stud, 5 card draw and omaha eight-or-better. Yes, pai gow poker. Now you must be thinking that pai gow sounds a bit Chinese; well you're right, this game is a mixture of the Chinese game pai gow and poker
Absolutely this isn't one of the most popular varieties of poker but still widely played. It can be enjoyed by up to 7 players. It's played with 1 deck of cards, plus a joker. Interestingly, the Joker can be used only as an ace, or to complete a straight, a flush, straight flush, or royal flush. The important thing here to remember is aside from the typical ranking of hands we have an additional winning hand that is "Five Aces" (four Aces and the Joker). Surprisingly, 5 aces is greater than all other hand yes, even a royal flush. Every gambler is dealt seven cards. The cards are aligned to make two hands; a 2 card hand and a 5 card hand. The 5 card hand must be stronger or be equivalent to the two card hand.
After setting up the 2 hands, the cards are positioned on the table with the faces down. Once down, you cannot touch them. The croupier will flip over his cards and assemble his hands. Each competitors hand is compared to the croupier's hands. If the player wins one hand and lose the other, this is called a "push" and absolutely no money is lost or won. If croupier wins the two hands then the individual looses their wager the opposite is true if the player wins both hands. Now if the hand is a tie, the croupier wins everything. After the hand is competed, the very next player clock-wise gets to be the croupier and the following hand is dealt.