Pai Gow Poker is a cutting-edge game with old ancestry. Founded on the ancient Chinese tile game and the current American version of poker, Pai Gow poker joins the eastern with the western in a wonderful game for starting gamblers.

Pai Gow is a poker game that pits the player against the dealer, unlike nearly all other poker games that players compete with other players. By betting against the dealer, new players don’t need to be concerned about other, more advanced players taking their mulla.

One more Pai Gow advantage is the generally slow game play, novices are able to take their time and scheme while not needing to make frenzied choices.

It’s also easier to bet on for a long time with only a small bit of cash seeing as, to lose, both of your hands needs to be under each of the houses hands.

Pai Gow uses 53 cards; the regular 52-card basic deck and one joker. The player is dealt seven cards face up and the house is given 7 cards face down.

A 5 card hand and one two card hand need to be made from the 7 cards dealt, the 5 card hand must be stronger than the 2 card hand. To win, a player is required to have both of his hand values to be better than the houses.