Like Let It Ride, Pai Gow is another widespread type of poker game. It can be found easily at online casinos and at land-based casinos because not everyone wants to play the standard card games like Five Card Draw and Texas Hold’em.
Pai Gow Poker began in China and is played only against the dealer, which is actually the banker in this casino game. The table has seven spots for players, a dealer and a banker. Each player bets and gets seven cards and form two hands to try to beat the banker. The role of the banker rotates every hand to each player, including the dealer. The dealer actually plays the hand just like a player when they aren’t the banker.
The hands each player forms is made up of five cards and two cards. The difficult part of Pai Gow Poker is the that the two-card hand must have a lower value than the five-card hand. If you have a top pair, it must be part of your five-card hand. You might think that this gives the dealer a clear advantage but Pai Gow actually has reasonable odds as a skill game and the house only takes about a 5% commission on winning bets. You must win both hands to win the round. The banker wins with equal hands. If one wins and one loses, you get your money back as a push. There can be more than one winning player each round. The winning players get paid by the dealer from the banker. The losing player bets go to the banker.
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