Double-hand Poker is a modern game with old ancestry. Built on the ancient Chinese tile game and the current American adaptation of poker, Pai Gow poker bands together the eastern with the west in an awesome game for beginner level gamblers.
Pai Gow is a poker game that pits the player vs. the casino, not like nearly all other poker games that gamblers play with other players. By gambling against the dealer, new players do not have to fret about other, more knowledgeable individuals taking their mulla.
Another Pai Gow advantage is the relatively leisurely game play, novices are able to take their time and strategize while not needing to make frenzied choices.
It’s also easier to gamble on for an extended time with only a small amount of money since, to not win, each of your hands needs to be under both of the dealer’s hands.
Pai Gow uses 53 cards; the normal 52-card common deck and a single joker. The player is given seven cards face up and the house gets seven cards face down.
A 5 card hand and a 2 card hand need to be put together from the seven cards, the 5 card hand must be stronger than the 2 card hand. To succeed, a player is required to have both of his hand values to be larger than the houses.