Now let us learn some alternate variations of poker other than hold’em, 7 card stud, 5 card draw and omaha hi-low. Yes, pai gow poker. Now you must be thinking that double-hand sounds a little Chinese; well you’re correct, this game is a blending of the Chinese game pai gow and poker
Certainly this is not one of the highly acclaimed varieties of poker but still broadly played. It can be played by up to seven players. It’s played with 1 deck of cards, plus a joker. Interestingly, joker can only be used as an ace, or to finish off a straight, flush, straight flush, or royal flush. The essential aspect here to clearly recall is other than the normal ranking of hands we’ve an additional winning hand which is "Five Aces" (five aces including the joker). Astonishingly, five aces defeats all other hand yes, even a royal flush. Each player is dealt 7 cards. The cards are aligned to create two hands; a 2 card hand and a 5 card hand. The five card hand must rank higher or be equal to the two card hand.
After arranging the two hands, the cards are positioned on the table face down. Once on the table, you can’t switch them. The dealer will turn over his cards and make his hands. Each competitors hand is compared to the dealer’s hands. Should the player take 1 hand and loses the other, this is called a "push" and no cash is exchanged. If croupier wins both hands then the gambler looses their bet the opposite is correct if the player wins both hands. Now if the hand is a draw, the dealer wins all. Once the hand is played, the very next person clock-wise gets to be the croupier and the next hand is given out.