Pai Gow Poker Rules

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Now let us discover some alternate kinds of poker other than hold’em, 5 card stud, five card draw and omaha hold’em. Yes, pai gow poker. Now you must be wondering that pai gow sounds a bit Chinese; well you are right, this casino game is a mixture of the Chinese game pai gow and poker
Absolutely this is not one of the highly popular varieties of poker but still broadly played. It can be played by up to 7 players. It is played with 1 deck of 52 cards, with a joker. Interestingly, the Joker can only be used as an ace, or to complete a straight, a flush, straight flush, or a royal flush. The critical element here to bear in mind is apart from the usual ranking of hands we have one more winning hand that is "Five Aces" (4 Aces and the Joker). Surprisingly, 5 aces beats every other hand yes, even a royal flush. Every gambler is dealt 7 cards. These cards are aligned to create 2 hands; a 2 card hand and a five card hand. The five card hand must rank higher or be equal to the 2 card hand.
After arranging the two hands, the cards are placed on the poker table face down. Once down, you cannot change them. The croupier will flip over his cards and make his hands. Each players hand is compared to the dealer’s hands. Should the player wins one hand and loses the other, this is called a "push" and absolutely no cash is lost or won. If dealer wins both hands then the gambler looses their bet and vice versa. Now if there is a draw, the croupier wins all. After the hand is played, the next player clock-wise gets to be the croupier and the following hand is given out.