Pai Gow Poker
Pai Gow (pronounced "pie-gow") Poker is an exciting game of skill, which fuses the ancient Chinese game of Pai Gow (meaning: "makes nine"), and modern Poker. In Pai Gow Poker the player competes, one on one, against the dealer.

The object of the game is for the player to arrange seven dealt cards into two hands ("setting" the cards). The seven cards must be set in such a way so that the players five-card ("High") hand scores a higher value than the two-card ("Low") hand. The players High and Low hands must then have a greater value (see Poker Hands Value Chart below) than the dealers High and Low hands.

Pai Gow Rules
The game is played with a standard 52-card deck, plus a Joker (totaling 53 cards). (The Joker may be used either as an Ace or to complete a Straight, Flush or Straight Flush, only.) After placing their bet, the players are each dealt seven cards.

The players must then set their cards into two separate hands. The first hand, which must consist of 5 cards, is referred to as the "High Hand", as it must have the highest value of the two hands.

The second hand, which consists of the remaining two cards, is referred to as the "Low Hand". 
You may ask the house to automatically set your cards by pressing the "House Way" button.

The goal of Pai Gow Poker is to beat both of the dealer's hands, according to the standard Poker hand values rules (see chart below). If both hands beat the dealer's hands, the player receives "even money" on their bet (minus a 5% vigorous or house commission).

If both of the players hands lose against the dealers hands, the dealer takes the players bet. If only one of the players two hands win, the round results in a tie or "Push".

Winning Combinations

High (Five-Card) Hand

The Five-card Hand must have the highest rank of the two hands. The object is to form the best rank for the 5-card hand, from the seven dealt cards. 

Low (Two-Card) Hand

The Two card Hand must have the second-highest rank of the two hands. The highest-ranking 2-card hand possible is a pair of Aces. If the Two card Hand is not composed of a pair, the value of the cards will determine the hand's rank. 

The Wild Card
The Wild Card is the Joker card, which can be substituted only as a single Ace or to complete either a Flush, Straight, or Straight Flush. 

Copy Hand
When the player and the dealer compare hands that have the same rank, the hand is referred to as a "Copy Hand". In Pai Gow Poker, the dealer wins the Copy Hand, as opposed to Blackjack, where a Copy Hand results in a "Push". 

Pai Gow Poker Hands (in order of value) 
5 Aces                (using Wild Card) 
Royal Flush:        Ace , King ,Queen, Jack and ten of the same suit
Straight Flush:    Five cards in sequence of the same suit
Four of a Kind:    Any four cards of the same value
Full House:         Three of a kind and a pair
Flush:                 Five cards of the same suit
Straight:             Any five cards of the same sequence but of the same suit
Three of a Kind:  Three cards of the same value and two unmatched cards
Two Pair:         Two cards with the same value with another two cards of the same value with any other                            card
One Pair:            Two cards with the same value and three unmatched cards


In Pai Gow Poker

There exists an exception when calculating the value of a Straight (compared to common Poker Hand Values).
The highest valued Straight in Pai Gow Poker is: A-K-Q-J-10 (as is true in Poker).
However, in Pai Gow Poker the second highest valued Straight is:
A-2-3-4-5 (in Poker this is the lowest valued Straight).
For example, in Pai Gow Poker an A-2-3-4-5 Straight, beats a K-Q-J-10-9 Straight, but loses to a A-K-Q-J-10 Straight. 

Table limits
Minimum bet: $1
Maximum bet: $250


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