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Now let us become versed in some alternate variations of poker other than Texas holdem, five card stud, 5 card draw and omaha high. Yes, double-hand poker. Now you might be thinking that pai gow sounds a little Chinese; yes you are correct, this game is a blending of the Chinese game pai gow and poker
Certainly this isn’t one of the highly popular types of poker but still widely played. It can be played by up to seven players. It is played with one deck of 52 cards, including a joker. Interestingly, the Joker can be used only as an ace, or to finish off a straight, a flush, straight flush, or royal flush. The important thing here to clearly recall is other than the usual ranking of hands we’ve one more winning hand that is "Five Aces" (four Aces and the Joker). Surprisingly, five aces defeats every other hand yes, even a royal flush. Every player is given seven cards. The cards are aligned to make 2 hands; a 2 card hand and a 5 card hand. The five card hand has to rank higher or be equivalent to the 2 card hand.
After arranging the two hands, the cards are laid on the table face down. Once on the table, you can no longer touch them. The croupier will flip over their cards and arrange their hands. Each players hand is compared to the dealer’s hands. If the player take one hand and lose the other, this is referred to as "push" and absolutely no money is lost or won. If croupier wins the two hands then the individual gives up their wager and vice versa. Now if there is a tie, the dealer wins everything. After the hand is played, the next player clock-wise becomes the dealer and the following hand is given out.