Pai Gow Poker Rules

Pai Gow Poker Rules

How to win

Pai Gow Poker is a fascinating game which combines the well-known poker cards with the strategy of an old Chinese domino game, called Pai Gow. It is played with a deck of 53 cards (including one joker) and each player receives 7 cards.

The objective of the game is to split up the seven cards into two hands (one hand with 5 cards, one with 2 cards), whereby the 5-cards hand has to have the higher value. In order to win the game, your 5-cards hand has to have a higher value than the corresponding hand of the dealer and your 2-cards hand has to have a higher value than the dealer’s 2-cards hand. If your combination wins, you will have a payout of 1:1.

Pai Gow Poker Rules

Dealing cards

1. A deck of 53 cards will be used (a normal 52 card deck plus one joker).

2. The player receives seven cards (face-up).

3. The dealer receives seven cards (face-down) as well.

Arranging hands

1. Every 7-cards hand has to be split up into a 5-cards hand and a 2-cards hand.

2. The 5-cards hand has to have a higher value than the 2-cards hand.

3. The joker can be used to complete a straight, flush or a straight flush. Otherwise it equates with an ace.

4. When you are playing Online, you have to click on „done“ if you are satisfied with your hands and you will be able to compare your cards with the cards of the dealer. If you are playing in a regular Casino, the cards of the player and those of the dealer will be compared and the higher hand wins. If the player’s one hand wins and the other one looses, it will be a push and the player’s wager will be returned. If the player’s one hand corresponds to the dealer’s one hand (for example if they both have a queen and a jack in their 2-cards hand) - this is called a copy and – the dealer wins.

5. You have also the possibility to arrange your hands automatically according to the method of the house (house way).

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Payouts

1. If the player wins – the payout is 1:1.

2. If it is a push - the player’s money will be returned.

Assessments of the 5-cards hand

5 aces are the highest possible hand. Because of the joker, 5 aces are possible (which means that you can have 4 aces and use the joker as your 5th ace).

Royal Flush: the top-hand includes an ace, king, queen, jack and a 10 of the same color. All those cards have to have the same color and suit (for example red ace, red king, red queen, red jack and red 10).

Straight Flush: The second best hand includes five cards in sequence and in the same color and suit. For instance: red 10, red 9, red 8, red 7, and red 6. Note that in Pai Gow Poker , 5,4,3,2, A, is considered the highest Straight Flush.

Quadruplets: Four cards of the same rank. For instance the black five of clubs, the red five of hearts, the black five of spades, the red five of diamonds, and the red two of diamonds.

Full House: Three cards of one rank, and two of another rank. For instance: black king of clubs, the red king of diamonds, the red king of hearts, the black four of spades, the black four of clubs.

Flush: Five cards of the same color. For instance: red king of diamonds, red jack of diamonds, red kind of diamonds, red nine of diamonds, red six of diamonds, red three of diamonds.

Straight: Five cards in a sequence (aces can be counted as high or low). For Instance: black five of clubs, red four of diamonds, red three of hearts, black two of spades, black ace of clubs. Note that in Pai Gow Poker a Straight consisting of a 5, 4, 3, 2, A is considered as the second highest Straight. Only a Straight including A, K, Q, J, 10 is worth more.

Triplets: Three cards of the same rank. For instance: black nine of clubs, red nine of diamonds, red nine of hearts, black ace of spades and black eight of clubs.

Two pairs: Two groups of cards of the same rank. For instance: black four of clubs, red four of diamonds, red jack of hearts, black jack of spades, black ace of clubs.

One pair: Two cards of the same rank. For instance: black eight of clubs, red four of diamonds, red jack of hearts, black jack of spades, black ace of clubs.

High card: The assessment of a hand which has less than one pair happens by means of the highest card. For instance: black ace of spades, black king of spades, red nine of diamonds, black six of spades, black three of clubs.

Assessment of the two-cards hand

One pair: Two card of the same rank. For Instance: black eight of clubs, red eight of diamonds.

High card: The assessment of a hand which has less than a pair happens by means of the highest card. If that card corresponds to the card of the dealer, the second highest card will be considered. For Instance: black ace of spades, red queen of hearts is better than red ace of diamonds, and red jack of diamonds.



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