Novice Strategy for Double-Hand Poker

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Pai Gow Poker is a modern game with old origins. Built on the ancient Chinese domino game and the current American adaptation of poker, Pai Gow poker bands together the far east with the western in an excellent game for new players.

Pai Gow is a poker game that pits the player versus the house, not like almost all other poker games that gamblers bet with other gamblers. By gambling against the dealer, starting players don’t need to worry about any other, more advanced gamblers taking their mulla.

One more Pai Gow benefit is the generally leisurely game pace, novices will be able to take their time and plan while not needing to make frenzied choices.

It is also much simpler to participate in for an extended time with basically a small amount of money since, to lose, both of your hands has to be lower than each of the casino’s hands.

Pai Gow uses 53 cards; the normal 52-card common deck and a single joker. The player is given 7 cards faces showing and the casino is given 7 cards faces hidden.

A five card hand and one 2 card hand need to be made from the 7 cards, the five card hand has to be higher than the 2 card hand. To succeed, a player needs both of his hand values to be higher than the dealer’s.