Double-hand Poker is a modern game with old ancestry. Built on the ancient Chinese domino game and the current American variation of poker, Pai Gow poker combines the east with the west in a wonderful game for starting players.

Pai Gow is a poker game that pits the player against the dealer, unlike nearly all other poker games that gamblers bet against other players. By betting against the dealer, beginning players don’t need to worry about any other, more knowledgeable gamblers taking their money.

An additional Pai Gow edge is the fairly slow game play, rookies will be able to take their time and plan while not needing to make hasty selections.

It is also much simpler to participate in for a long time with basically a small bit of cash seeing as, to not win, both of your hands needs to be under each of the dealer’s hands.

Pai Gow is played with 53 cards; the familiar 52-card common deck and a single joker. The gambler is dealt seven cards face up and the dealer is dealt 7 cards faces hidden.

One five card hand and one two card hand have to be put together from the seven cards dealt, the five card hand has to be better than the two card hand. To win, a player needs both of his hand totals to be higher than the houses.