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Beginners Strategy for Pai Gow Poker

Pai Gow Poker is a modern game with ancient ancestry. Built on the old Chinese domino game and the modern American version of poker, Pai Gow poker joins the eastern with the wild west in an excellent game for beginner level players.

Pai Gow is a poker game that puts the player against the croupier, not like the majority of other poker games that gamblers bet with other players. By playing against the dealer, new players don’t need to be concerned about other, more knowledgeable people winning their moolla.

A further Pai Gow benefit is the relatively leisurely game pace, rookies are able to take their time and plan while not needing to make quick decisions.

It’s also simpler to bet on for a long time with just a small amount of cash after all, to lose, each of your hands needs to be lower than each of the casino’s hands.

Pai Gow is played with 53 cards; the customary 52-card basic deck and a single joker. The gambler is assigned 7 cards face up and the house is given seven cards face down.

One five card hand and a 2 card hand must be put together from the seven cards dealt, the 5 card hand must be higher than the two card hand. To succeed, a player needs both of his hand totals to be better than the houses.

 

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