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Let’s learn some different types of poker other than Texas holdem, 5 card stud, 5 card draw and Omaha. Yes, pai gow poker. Now you must be wondering that pai gow sounds a bit Chinese; well you’re right, this card game is a mixture of the Chinese game pai gow and poker
Certainly this isn’t one of the most 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, plus a joker. Interestingly, the Joker can only be used as an ace, or to complete a straight, flush, a straight flush, or a royal flush. The critical aspect here to always remember is aside from the typical ranking of hands we have an additional winning hand which is "Five Aces" (four Aces and the Joker). Astonishingly, 5 aces defeats every other hand yes, even a royal flush. Every player is given seven cards. The cards are arranged to make two hands; a two card hand and a 5 card hand. The five card hand has to rank higher or be equal to the two card hand.
After setting up the two hands, the cards are placed on the poker table with the faces down. Once on the table, you are no longer allowed to switch them. The dealer will flip over his cards and arrange their hands. Every competitors hand is played against the dealer’s hands. Should the player take 1 hand and lose the other, this is referred to as "push" and no money is exchanged. If dealer wins the two hands then the player gives up their bet the opposite is correct if the player wins both hands. Now if the hand is a tie, the dealer wins all. After the hand is played, the next person clock-wise gets to be the dealer and the next hand is given out.

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