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pai gow poker
Pai Gow
Poker is played using a standard 52 card deck and in
addition a Joker card. The Joker card can be used only
to complete a straight, a flush, or a straight flush,
otherwise it is treated as an ace. In this
online poker game
each player receives seven cards. This poker game is a
little bit more complex than other games due to its set
of rules and the two hands that have to be formed.
In Pai
Gow Poker, the object is to divide your seven card hand
into a five-card (“Highest”) and a two-card hand
(“second Highest”). The five-card hand must always
outrank the two-card hand (there for the hands are
called “Highest” and “second Highest”). The
five-card hand is ranked as in any other Poker game,
with the exception that a A-2-3-4-5 straight is the
second highest straight a Pai Gow poker player can get.
The two-card hand can be either a pair or individual
cards. The highest two-card hand is a pair of aces and
the lowest is a 2-3 hand.
Most online poker rooms offer a game
feature that is called The House Way. The house way is a
set of rules that describe how the dealer arranges his
hand. You can use the House Way on your own hand as well
to have your cards organized automatically into the best
hand. In this Poker game The "front cards" refers to the
two card hand and the "back cards" refers to the five
card hand.
The Game:
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No pair:
Place the highest card in the back and the next two
highest cards in the front.
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One pair:
Place the pair in back and the next two highest
cards in the front.
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Two pair:
Play two pair in back, except split in the following
situations:
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One pair is 7's or
greater and no ace singleton.
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Pair of jacks or
better and 6's or better and an ace singleton.
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Pair of aces and any
other pair.
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Three pair:
Always play highest pair in front.
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Three of a kind:
Always play three of a kind in back except break up
three aces.
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Full house:
Split except with pair of 2's and an ace/king can be
played in front.
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Full house with three of a kind and
two pairs: Play the
highest pair in front.
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Three of a kind twice:
Always play highest pair in front.
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Straights, flushes, straight flushes,
and royal flushes:
Always
play straight or flush in the high hand except play as a
two pair if one of the following:
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Any two pair and an
ace singleton.
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Pair of jacks and
pair of 6's.
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Pair of aces and any
other pair.
With a
six or seven card straight or flush put the highest hand
possible in front while maintaining the straight or
flush in back.
Play
straight or flush over straight flush to improve front
hand to jack or better.
Play
straight or flush over royal flush to improve front hand
to king or better.
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Four of a kind:
Play according to the rank of the four of a kind:
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2 through 6: Always
keep together.
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7 through 10: Split
unless an ace or better can be played in front.
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Jack through king:
Split unless hand also contains a pair of 10's
or higher.
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Aces: Split unless a
pair of 7's or higher can be played in front.
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Five aces:
Split unless pair of kings can be played in front.
After
the hands have been arranged, your hands are compared to
these of the dealer’s and the winner is determined:
- If
both the dealer’s hands are higher, you lose your
bet.
- If
one of the dealer’s hands is higher, one lower, it
is a push and your bet is returned.
- If
both your hands are higher, you win even money on
your bet (1 to 1) minus 5% bank commission.
In case
of an exact match between hands (called a copy) the tie
goes to the banker.
Now that you have learned the principals
of the Pai Gow Poker game, all that is left is
to practice, practice, and
than practice even more until you have perfected your
game, before you start playing for some big numbers.
Good Luck
The
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