Double-hand Poker Game Rules
Posted in Poker on 10/26/2013 08:21 am by Skyla
Let’s learn some different types of poker other than holdem, five card stud, 5 card draw and omaha hi-low. Yes, pai gow poker. Now you might be wondering that double-hand sounds a bit Chinese; well you are correct, this casino game is a mixture of the Chinese game pai gow and our own us poker
Certainly this is not one of the most popular varieties of poker but still broadly played. It can be enjoyed by up to 7 players. It’s played with one deck of cards, including a joker. Interestingly, the Joker can only be used as an ace, or to finish off a straight, a flush, a straight flush, or royal flush. The critical detail here to clearly recall is apart from the normal ranking of hands we’ve an additional winning hand that is "Five Aces" (5 aces including the joker). Surprisingly, five aces defeats all other hand yes, even a royal flush. Every gambler is given seven cards. The cards are arranged to create two hands; a 2 card hand and a five card hand. The five card hand has to be better or be equivalent to the two card hand.
After arranging the two hands, the cards are laid on the table face down. Once down, you are no longer allowed to change them. The dealer will turn over their cards and arrange their hands. Every players hand is played against the croupier’s hands. If the player wins one hand and loses the other, this is known as "push" and absolutely no money is lost or won. If croupier wins both hands then the individual looses their bet the opposite is correct if the player wins both hands. Now if there is a draw, the croupier wins everything. Once the hand is played, the next player clock-wise gets to be the dealer and the next hand is given out.