Now let’s learn some different kinds of poker other than holdem, five card stud, five card draw and omaha high. Yes, double-hand poker. Now you might be thinking that pai gow sounds a bit Chinese; well you are correct, this casino game is a blending of the Chinese game pai gow and our very own us poker Certainly this isn’t one of the most acclaimed varieties of poker but still commonly played. It can be played by up to 7 players. It is played with 1 deck of 52 cards, with a joker. Interestingly, joker can be used only as an ace, or to finish off a straight, a flush, a straight flush, or royal flush. The essential detail here to remember is other than the normal ranking of hands we’ve one more winning hand that is "Five Aces" (4 Aces and the Joker). Astonishingly, five aces defeats every other hand including royal flush. Each player is given 7 cards. The cards are aligned to create two hands; a two card hand and a five card hand. The 5 card hand has to be stronger or be equal to the two card hand. After setting up the two hands, the cards are laid on the poker table face down. Once down, you are no longer allowed to switch them. The dealer will flip over their cards and arrange his hands. Each players hand is compared to the dealer’s hands. Should the player take 1 hand and loses the other, this is called a "push" and absolutely no cash is lost or won. If croupier wins the two hands then the player looses their wager the opposite is correct if the player wins both hands. Now if there is a draw, the croupier wins everything. Once the hand is played, the next player clock-wise gets to be the croupier and the following hand is dealt.
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