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Let us discover some alternate types of poker other than Texas holdem, seven card stud, five card draw and omaha/8. Yes, pai gow poker. Now you might be wondering that double-hand sounds a bit Chinese; well you’re correct, this card game is a blending of the Chinese game pai gow and our own us poker
Definitely this is not one of the most acclaimed styles of poker but still commonly played. It can be enjoyed by up to 7 players. It’s played with 1 deck of 52 cards, including a joker. Interestingly, joker can be used only as an ace, or to finish off a straight, flush, a straight flush, or a royal flush. The essential element here to clearly recall is apart from the typical ranking of hands we have an additional winning hand which is "Five Aces" (4 Aces and the Joker). Astonishingly, 5 aces beats every other hand yes, even a royal flush. Each player is given 7 cards. These cards are arranged to make two hands; a two card hand and a 5 card hand. The 5 card hand must be better or be equivalent to the two card hand.
After setting up the two hands, the cards are laid on the table with the faces down. Once on the table, you can’t touch them. The croupier will turn over their cards and make their hands. Each players hand is played against the dealer’s hands. If the player take one hand and loses the other, this is referred to as "push" and absolutely no money is exchanged. If croupier wins both hands then the player looses their wager and vice versa. Now if the hand is a draw, the croupier wins everything. After the hand is competed, the very next player clock-wise becomes the croupier and the next hand is given out.