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Pai Gow Poker is a current game with old ancestry. Built on the ancient Chinese tile game and the current American adaptation of poker, Pai Gow poker joins the far east with the west in a great game for starting gamblers.

Pai Gow is a poker game that puts the player vs. the casino, unlike nearly all other poker games that gamblers bet with other players. By betting against the dealer, beginner players don’t have to worry about other, more experienced gamblers taking their moolla.

One more Pai Gow edge is the relatively leisurely game pace, novices should be able to take their time and plan without having to make quick decisions.

It’s also simpler to gamble on for a long time with basically a tiny amount of cash since, to lose, each of your hands needs to be lower than both of the dealer’s hands.

Pai Gow uses 53 cards; the normal 52-card standard deck and one joker. The player is dealt 7 cards face up and the house gets 7 cards faces hidden.

A five card hand and one two card hand need to be put together from the 7 cards dealt, the five card hand must be stronger than the two card hand. To succeed, a player is required to have both of his hand values to be higher than the dealer’s.