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Let’s become versed in some alternate types of poker other than hold’em, five card stud, 5 card draw and omaha hi-low. Yes, double-hand poker. Now you must be thinking that pai gow sounds a little Chinese; well you are right, this card game is a mixture of the Chinese game pai gow and poker
Clearly this isn’t one of the highly acclaimed forms of poker but still commonly played. It can be played by up to 7 players. It is played with one deck of 52 cards, plus a joker. Interestingly, joker can only be used as an ace, or to complete a straight, a flush, straight flush, or a royal flush. The essential detail here to clearly recall is apart from the usual ranking of hands we have an additional winning hand which is "Five Aces" (5 aces including the joker). Astonishingly, 5 aces is greater than all other hand including royal flush. Every gambler is given seven cards. These cards are aligned to create 2 hands; a 2 card hand and a five card hand. The five card hand must rank higher or be equivalent to the two card hand.
After setting up the 2 hands, the cards are laid on the poker table face down. Once down, you can’t touch them. The dealer will flip over their cards and make his hands. Every players hand is played against the croupier’s hands. Should the player take one hand and loses the other, this is called a "push" and no money is exchanged. If dealer wins the two hands then the gambler gives up their wager and vice versa. Now if there is a tie, the dealer wins everything. Once the hand is played, the next person clock-wise becomes the croupier and the following hand is dealt.