Pai Gow Poker Rules
How to play Pai Gow Poker Casino rules for Pai Gow Poker
Each hand begins by making the first initial wager.
The poker player is dealt a 7 (seven) card hand, that she arranges in one 5 card poker hand and one 2 card poker hand. The first hand, the five card hand is ranked
according to the hand rankings in poker, exept that A-2-3-4-5 straight is counted as the second
highest scoring straight poker hand.
The second hand, with two cards is calculated from a similar point of view, the highest ranking txo cards poker hand
is a pair of aces and the lowest is a 2-3 hand. When the player has arranged her hands the dealer arranges her/his hand
accoridng to the house way, a set of fixed rules, controling the dealers hand arrangement.
After the player has arranged. The dealers five card hand is compared to the one of the poker player five card hand.
The highest ranking handn wins, then the same comparison is made between the two card hands. If both hands are an exact match between the player and the dealer,
it is a draw called a copy, the tie goes to
the banker.
If the player wins over the dealer
with both her hands the poker player wins the pot minus a 5% commission to the house.
If the player wins one of the hands and loses one of them. The bet is a push, i.e the bet is returned. If the player loses both
the player loses the entire wager. There are some pai gow rules arranging the hands. The two cards hand may not be more worth than the five card poker hand.
If it is it is cinsidered cheating and the player loose teh money. The joker may be used
to complete a straight, flush, or straight flush, in all other combinations it is treated
as an ace. Fortune Side Bet It pays according to the
following paytable: Hand Pays It doesn't matter how the
player arranges her hands. The Fortune bet is based on the full 7-card
hand.
Pai gow poker is a poker variant played with a 53 card deck, including a joker.
The Fortune side bet is optional.
Natural 7-card straight flush 8000 to 1
Royal flush plus Royal match 2000 to 1
Wild 7-card straight flush 1000 to 1
Five Aces 400 to 1
Royal flush 150 to 1
Straight flush 50 to 1
Four of a kind 25 to 1
Full house 5 to 1
Flush 4 to 1
Three of a kind 3 to 1
Straight 2 to 1
