Pai gow poker is one of the easiest games to play, and is one of the fastest growing casino games today, the fun and advantage of the casino when you are a banker is only 1%, making it a great game to win big pots of gambling online !
Pai-Gow Poker is played, using a 53-card deck consisting of a standard 52-card deck plus the Joker.
To play, the dealer will deal seven cards to each player (face up); which must then be “set” two hands compared to the dealer’s two hands (dealt face down). The hand comparison will then determine the winner.
Pai-Gow Poker Rules:
1. The first hand of 5 cards must have a higher rank than the 2 card hand.
2. Hands are ranked according to standard poker rules (chart below)
3. Joker can only be used to complete straights or flushes, otherwise it will be counted as Ace
4. Dealer wins all draw cards
When Player wins:
o Player wins if 5 card and 2 card poker outperform the dealer’s hand.
When the Player loses:
o The player loses if the 5 card and 2 card poker is beaten by the dealer’s hand.
o The player also loses if the dealer’s hand outperforms one of the two hands and the other hand is identical.
There’s a Tie (called a “push”)
oWhen the player wins one hand and the dealer wins the other hand.
How Hand/Card Rankings are ranked
Hands are ranked according to standard poker rules with one exception: the Ace-2-3-4-5 straight is the second highest straight.
Straights Ranking, from highest to lowest: Ace-KQJ-10,
Ace-2-3-4-5, K-Q-J-10-9? 6-5-4-3-2.
Example of Hand Name Description
Five of a Kind 4 ace ditambah Joker AS, AH, AD, AC, Joker
Royal Flush 10, J, Q, K, A of the same suit 10H, JH, QH, KH, AH
Straight Flush Sequentially, 5 kartu sama jenisnya 3S, 4S, 5S, 6S, 7S
Four of a Kind 4 cards of the same value 6D, 6S, 6C, 6H
Full House 3 of a kind, plus sepasang 2H, 2D, 2S, 3H, 3S
Flush 5 cards of the same suit 2D, 4D, 6D, 8D, 9D,
Lurus 5 kartu berurutan 3H, 4C, 5H, 6S, 7D
Three of a Kind 3 cards of the same value 7H, 7S, 7D
Two Pairs 2 pairs with different levels 4H, 4S, 6D, 6S
One Pair 1 pair (2 cards) equivalent KD, KH
High Card 5 cards of different rank and suit AH, KS, 10D, 5C, 2C