PAI GOW POKER
Description and Objective:
Pai Gow Poker is a card game played with a 53-card deck consisting of a standard deck of 52 cards plus one Joker. In this version of Pai Gow Poker, the banker (or house) always plays as the dealer and covers all bets and the player only competes against the dealer. The player receives seven cards, which must then be "set" or split into two poker hands: a five-card hand and a two-card hand. Once split, the player's two hands are compared with the dealer's two hands to determine the winner.
The bank pays the winner—minus a 5% commission and the game ends. The commission is 5% of the bet and is rounded up to the next quarter. For example, a minimum bet of $6 would be a commission of 50 cents. (5% of $6 = 30 cents, but since the commission is rounded up to the next 25 cents; the commission is actually 50 cents. 5% of $11 = 55 cents, which makes the actual commission 75 cents.)
The Player wins if both the 5-card and the 2-card poker hand outrank the dealers hand. The Player loses if both the 5-card and the 2-card poker hand are outranked by the dealers hand. The dealer outranks either of the two hands and the other hand is a copy. The Player pushes if the player wins one hand and the dealer wins the other.
The hands are ranked according to standard poker rules with one exception: the Ace-2-3-4-5 straight is the second highest straight. Straights rank from highest to lowest: Ace-K-Q-J-10, Ace-2-3-4-5, K-Q-J-10-9 ? 6-5-4-3-2. The best two-card hand is a pair of aces and the two-card hand cannot have a flush since a flush requires five cards of the same suit.
Pai Gow Poker hands are ranked as follows: Five of a Kind, Royal Flush, Straight Flush, Four of a Kind, Full House, Flush, Straight, Three of a Kind, Two Pair, One Pair, High Card.
Note: not available in 3 or more hands game.
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