Double-hand Poker is a modern game with ancient ancestry. Built on the ancient Chinese tile game and the current American version of poker, Pai Gow poker bands together the east with the wild west in a fantastic game for starting gamblers.
Pai Gow is a poker game that puts the gambler vs. the house, not like nearly all other poker games that players bet against other gamblers. By wagering against the dealer, new players do not need to worry about any other, more skillful gamblers taking their $$$$.
Another Pai Gow advantage is the relatively leisurely game play, novices are able to take their time and plan while not needing to make frenzied decisions.
It is also easier to wager on for an extended time with only a little amount of money since, to not win, each of your hands has to be lower than both of the houses hands.
Pai Gow uses 53 cards; the familiar 52-card common deck and a single joker. The gambler is dealt seven cards faces showing and the casino is given seven cards face down.
A five card hand and one 2 card hand have to be put together from the 7 cards dealt, the five card hand has to be stronger than the two card hand. To win, a player needs both of his hand values to be higher than the dealer’s.