Novice Strategy for Double-Hand Poker

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Pai Gow Poker is a modern game with ancient ancestry. Built on the old Chinese domino game and the current American version of poker, Pai Gow poker marries the far east with the wild west in an excellent game for starting players.

Pai Gow is a poker game that pits the gambler versus the croupier, not like almost all other poker games that gamblers bet against other players. By betting against the dealer, beginner players do not have to fret about other, more knowledgeable people taking their cash.

A further Pai Gow benefit is the fairly slow game pace, newcomers can take their time and scheme while not having to make hasty decisions.

It’s also easier to gamble on for an extended time with only a little bit of cash since, to lose, each of your hands needs to be under each of the houses hands.

Pai Gow is played with 53 cards; the customary 52-card basic deck and a single joker. The player is assigned 7 cards faces showing and the croupier receives seven cards faces hidden.

A five card hand and one 2 card hand have to be put together from the seven cards, the 5 card hand has to be better than the two card hand. To win, a player needs both of his hand values to be larger than the dealer’s.