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Let’s discover some different styles of poker other than hold’em, seven card stud, 5 card draw and Omaha. Yes, pai gow poker. Now you must be thinking that double-hand sounds a bit Chinese; yes you are correct, this card game is a blending of the Chinese game pai gow and poker
Definitely this isn’t one of the highly popular types of poker but still commonly played. It can be played by up to seven players. It’s played with 1 deck of cards, plus a joker. Interestingly, the Joker can only be used as an ace, or to finish off a straight, flush, straight flush, or a royal flush. The important element here to remember is apart from the typical ranking of hands we have one more winning hand which is "Five Aces" (5 aces including the joker). Surprisingly, 5 aces is greater than all other hand including royal flush. Each player is dealt 7 cards. These cards are aligned to make 2 hands; a 2 card hand and a 5 card hand. The five card hand has to be better or be equivalent to the two card hand.
After arranging the 2 hands, the cards are placed on the poker table with the faces down. Once down, you can no longer touch them. The dealer will flip over his cards and arrange their hands. Each players hand is compared to the dealer’s hands. Should the player wins one hand and loses the other, this is referred to as "push" and no cash is lost or won. If dealer wins the two hands then the gambler gives up their bet and vice versa. Now if there is a draw, the croupier wins everything. Once the hand is competed, the very next person clock-wise becomes the croupier and the following hand is given out.