Let’s learn some different kinds of poker other than texas hold’em, seven card stud, five card draw and Omaha. Yes, pai gow poker. Now you might be wondering that double-hand sounds a bit Chinese; yes you are right, this card game is a blending of the Chinese game pai gow and our very own American poker
Absolutely this isn’t one of the highly popular forms of poker but still broadly played. It can be played by up to 7 players. It’s played with 1 deck of cards, with a joker. Interestingly, the Joker can only be used as an ace, or to finish off a straight, flush, a straight flush, or royal flush. The essential aspect here to clearly recall is apart from the normal ranking of hands we have one more winning hand that is "Five Aces" (four Aces and the Joker). Astonishingly, five aces is greater than all other hand yes, even a royal flush. Every player is given 7 cards. These cards are aligned to make two hands; a 2 card hand and a 5 card hand. The 5 card hand has to be better or be equivalent to the 2 card hand.
After arranging the 2 hands, the cards are laid on the poker table with the faces down. Once on the table, you are no longer allowed to change them. The croupier will flip over their cards and arrange his hands. Each players hand is played against the croupier’s hands. Should the player wins one hand and loses the other, this is referred to as "push" and no cash is exchanged. If dealer wins both hands then the individual looses their bet the opposite is true if the player wins both hands. Now if there is a tie, the dealer wins all. Once the hand is played, the very next person clock-wise becomes the dealer and the following hand is dealt.