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Now let us discover some alternate forms of poker other than texas hold’em, seven card stud, five card draw and omaha hold’em. Yes, pai gow poker. Now you must be thinking that pai gow sounds a little Chinese; well you are right, this game is a mixture of the Chinese game pai gow and our very own American poker
Absolutely this is not one of the highly acclaimed types of poker but still broadly played. It can be played by up to seven players. It is played with 1 deck of cards, including a joker. Interestingly, joker can be used only as an ace, or to complete a straight, flush, straight flush, or royal flush. The critical element here to clearly recall is apart from the normal ranking of hands we’ve one more winning hand which is "Five Aces" (5 aces including the joker). Astonishingly, 5 aces defeats all other hand including royal flush. Each gambler is given 7 cards. The cards are aligned to make two hands; a two card hand and a 5 card hand. The five card hand must be better or be equivalent to the 2 card hand.
After setting up the 2 hands, the cards are placed on the poker table face down. Once down, you can no longer switch them. The croupier will turn over their cards and assemble his hands. Every players hand is played against the dealer’s hands. If the player wins one hand and lose the other, this is called a "push" and no money is exchanged. If croupier wins both hands then the individual looses their wager and vice versa. Now if there is a tie, the croupier wins all. After the hand is played, the very next person clock-wise becomes the dealer and the next hand is dealt.