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Now let’s discover some alternate styles of poker other than texas hold’em, 7 card stud, five card draw and omaha high. Yes, double-hand poker. Now you might be thinking that pai gow sounds a bit Chinese; well you’re right, this game is a blending of the Chinese game pai gow and poker
Clearly this isn’t one of the most popular varieties of poker but still commonly played. It can be played by up to seven players. It’s played with one deck of cards, plus a joker. Interestingly, the Joker can be used only as an ace, or to finish off a straight, flush, a straight flush, or royal flush. The essential detail here to remember is other than the customary ranking of hands we have one more winning hand that is "Five Aces" (four Aces and the Joker). Astonishingly, 5 aces defeats every other hand yes, even a royal flush. Every player is dealt 7 cards. The cards are arranged to create 2 hands; a two card hand and a five card hand. The five card hand must be stronger or be equivalent to the two card hand.
After arranging the two hands, the cards are positioned on the poker table face down. Once on the table, you can no longer change them. The croupier will flip over their cards and arrange their hands. Every competitors hand is compared to the dealer’s hands. If the player wins 1 hand and lose the other, this is called a "push" and absolutely no money is exchanged. If croupier wins the two hands then the player looses their bet and vice versa. Now if there is a tie, the croupier wins everything. After the hand is competed, the very next player clock-wise gets to be the croupier and the following hand is given out.