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Let’s become versed in some different styles of poker other than Texas holdem, seven card stud, 5 card draw and omaha eight-or-better. Yes, pai gow poker. Now you must be thinking that double-hand sounds a bit Chinese; yes you’re correct, this card game is a mixture of the Chinese game pai gow and our very own us poker
Certainly this is not one of the most popular styles of poker but still widely played. It can be enjoyed by up to 7 players. It is played with 1 deck of 52 cards, including a joker. Interestingly, joker can only be used as an ace, or to finish off a straight, a flush, a straight flush, or a royal flush. The critical element here to always remember is apart from the typical ranking of hands we have one more winning hand that is "Five Aces" (four Aces and the Joker). Astonishingly, 5 aces is greater than every other hand yes, even a royal flush. Every player is dealt seven cards. The cards are arranged to create two hands; a two card hand and a five card hand. The 5 card hand must rank higher or be equivalent to the two card hand.
After setting up the two hands, the cards are placed on the poker table with the faces down. Once on the table, you can’t change them. The croupier will flip over his cards and arrange their hands. Each competitors hand is compared to the dealer’s hands. Should 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 both hands then the player gives up their bet and vice versa. 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.