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Now let us learn some alternate forms of poker other than Texas holdem, 5 card stud, five card draw and omaha hi-low. Yes, pai gow poker. Now you might be thinking that pai gow sounds a bit Chinese; well you are right, this card game is a mixture of the Chinese game pai gow and our very own us poker
Absolutely this is not one of the most popular forms of poker but still widely played. It can be enjoyed by up to 7 players. It’s played with 1 deck of 52 cards, with a joker. Interestingly, the Joker can only be used as an ace, or to finish off a straight, a flush, straight flush, or a royal flush. The important thing here to bear in mind is aside from the normal ranking of hands we have one more winning hand that is "Five Aces" (five aces including the joker). Surprisingly, five aces defeats every other hand including royal flush. Each player is given seven cards. These cards are arranged to make two hands; a two card hand and a five card hand. The 5 card hand has to be better or be equivalent to the two card hand.
After setting up the 2 hands, the cards are laid on the poker table face down. Once down, you cannot change them. The dealer will flip over his cards and make their hands. Each players hand is compared to the croupier’s hands. Should the player take 1 hand and loses the other, this is called a "push" and no money is exchanged. If dealer wins the two hands then the player gives up their wager and vice versa. Now if the hand is a tie, the croupier wins everything. After the hand is played, the very next player clock-wise gets to be the croupier and the next hand is given out.