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Let us discover some alternate types of poker other than Texas holdem, seven card stud, five card draw and omaha high. Yes, pai gow poker. Now you might be wondering that pai gow sounds a little Chinese; yes you’re correct, this game is a mixture of the Chinese game pai gow and our very own American poker
Clearly this isn’t one of the highly popular types of poker but still broadly played. It can be played by up to 7 players. It’s played with 1 deck of 52 cards, including a joker. Interestingly, joker can be used only as an ace, or to complete a straight, a flush, straight flush, or a royal flush. The critical element here to clearly recall is apart from the customary ranking of hands we have an additional winning hand that is "Five Aces" (four Aces and the Joker). Surprisingly, 5 aces beats every other hand including royal flush. Every gambler is dealt 7 cards. The cards are aligned to make two hands; a 2 card hand and a five card hand. The five card hand has to be stronger or be equal to the 2 card hand.
After arranging the 2 hands, the cards are placed on the poker table face down. Once on the table, you can’t change them. The dealer will flip over their cards and assemble his hands. Each players hand is compared to the dealer’s hands. If the player take one hand and lose the other, this is known as "push" and absolutely no cash is exchanged. If croupier wins both hands then the player gives up their bet the opposite is true if the player wins both hands. Now if the hand is a draw, the dealer wins everything. Once the hand is played, the very next player clock-wise gets to be the croupier and the following hand is given out.