Double-Hand Poker Game Rules
Posted in Poker on 08/25/2010 06:21 am by Jessie
Let us learn a various type of poker other than holdem, five card stud, 5 card draw and Omaha Hold’em. Yes, pai-gow poker. Now you have to be wondering that pai gow sounds a little Chinese; yes you’re appropriate this game is a combination of the Chinese casino game pai gow and our very own American poker. Surely this isn’t 1 of the most popular forms of poker but still it’s widely bet. It is usually wagered by up to seven gamblers.
It is played with one deck of fifty two cards, plus a joker. Oddly enough, the joker may be employed only as an ace, to finish a straight, a flush, a straight flush, or a royal flush. The crucial thing here to remember is aside from the normal rating of hands we have 1 more succeeding hand that’s "Five Aces" (5 aces such as the joker). Amazingly, 5 aces defeat all other hands including royal flush.
Every single player is dealt 7 cards. The cards are arranged to form two hands; a two card hand and a five card hand. The 5 card hand has to rank greater or be equal to the 2 card hand. Lastly both of your hands have to rank greater than each of your competitors hands (each 5 and 2 card hands). Further the 2 card hand can only have two permutations; 1 pair and high card.
After the cards are arranged in to 2 hands, they’re positioned on the table face down. Once you put them down, you may no longer touch them. The croupier will turn over his cards and make their hands. Each players hand is compared to the croupier’s hands. If the player wins 1 hand and loses the other, this is recognized as "push" and no money is exchanged. If croupier wins each hands then he/she captures the players stake and the other way round. Now what if there is a tie, the only benefit with the dealer here is he/she wins all ties.
Immediately after the hand is bet, the next individual clock-wise becomes the dealer and the subsequent hand is bet. The big downside to this game is that there is no talent required and you rely too much on good fortune. Also the odds are negative in comparison to betting with a pot.