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Pai Gow Poker is a current game with ancient ancestry. Founded on the ancient Chinese tile game and the current American variation of poker, Pai Gow poker marries the eastern with the wild west in a great game for beginner level players.

Pai Gow is a poker game that puts the player versus the house, unlike nearly all other poker games that players wager against other gamblers. By gambling against the dealer, new players do not have to worry about any other, more advanced people winning their moolla.

Another Pai Gow advantage is the fairly leisurely game play, beginners should be able to take their time and plan without needing to make quick decisions.

It's also much simpler to play for a long time with just a little amount of cash seeing as, to not win, each of your hands has to be under both of the houses hands.

Pai Gow uses 53 cards; the familiar 52-card common deck and a single joker. The player is assigned seven cards face up and the casino gets 7 cards face down.

One 5 card hand and one 2 card hand need to be made from the seven cards dealt, the 5 card hand has to be higher than the two card hand. To win, a player is required to have both of his hand values to be larger than the dealer's.