Double-hand Poker is a cutting-edge game with old ancestry. Founded on the old Chinese domino game and the modern American adaptation of poker, Pai Gow poker marries the east with the wild west in an awesome game for starting players.
Pai Gow is a poker game that puts the gambler vs. the croupier, not like most other poker games that gamblers bet with other players. By wagering against the dealer, starting players don’t need to be concerned about other, more experienced players taking their $$$$.
Another Pai Gow edge is the relatively slow game pace, rookies should be able to take their time and plan without having to make frenzied decisions.
It’s also easier to bet on for a very long time with just a small amount of cash since, to lose, both of your hands has to be lower than each of the dealer’s hands.
Pai Gow uses 53 cards; the regular 52-card common deck and a single joker. The gambler is assigned 7 cards faces showing and the dealer gets seven cards faces hidden.
One five card hand and a 2 card hand need to be put together from the 7 cards dealt, the five card hand has to be stronger than the two card hand. To win, a player needs both of his hand values to be larger than the dealer’s.