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Pai Gow Poker - Online Gambling Rules

The game which won an international recognition in all of the world's casinos is resulted from the symbiosis of an ancient Chinese game of Pai Gow with a modern poker. To win a player has to arrange 7 cards given into two hands, so as to have a better hand than a dealer. (If you are familiar with the rules, you can skip the next chapter and read the instructions to the virtual play mode only).

Rules

A deck with a Joker (totaling 53 cards) is used. Before each deal it is shuffled. The Joker universality is limited: it can stay for any card to complete three of the winning hands: Straight, Flush or Straight Flush only. In other cases the Joker is used as an Ace.

When the game begins, the player makes a bet. Then he is dealt seven cards and should arrange them into two separate hands: "High Hand" (5 cards) and "Low Hand" (2 cards). He should make it in such a way as to have any Poker Hand or at least the highest value of the two hands in the "High Hand". In the "Low Hand" he might have a Pair or two different cards, but anyway, this hand should be weaker than the "High Hand". It is impossible, for example, to collect two Aces in the "Low Hand", leaving 5 inconsequential cards of different suits and seniority in the "High Hand".

A casino can help the player to arrange the cards suitably. For sure honestly following the same rules according to which the dealer arranges his cards. Just click the " House Way " button.

When the cards are arranged, the hands of the player and the dealer are mutually compared (within the couples).

Player wins when both of his hands beat both of the dealer's. The winning payout is 1 to 1 minus a 5% house commission (bet a dollar - get back 1.95 including the stake)
If only one of the players' hands is higher than the proper hand of the dealer, the player gets his bet back and a tie is announced.
If both of the players' hands are lost against the dealer's hands or they are equal according to all the characteristics, the player loses his bet.

"Copy Hands". The greater valued hand is defined when the equal Poker Hands are compared. At first, the highest cards in the hand are compared. In case they are equal, lower cards are compared and etc. However if the hands are totally equal ("Copy Hands"), the dealer's hand is considered to be the highest.

Name	Description
5 Aces (using Joker)	The highest hand in Pai Gow consists of 4 Aces and a Joker.
Royal Flush	5 cards of the same suit, starting from 10 and ending with an ace (10-J-Q-K-A).
Straight Flush	5 cards of the same suit in sequence.
Four of a Kind	4 cards of the same denomination (e.g. four tens).
Full House	3 cards of the same denomination, and 2 cards of another denomination (e.g. 3 Kings and 2 sixes).
Flush	5 cards of same suit.
Straight	5 of any suit in sequence (e.g. 8-9-10-J-Q). Ace can be either the highest (10-J-Q-K-A), or the lowest card in the combination (A-2-3-4-5). Combination with the Ace between the cards (4-3-2-A-K) is not considered as Straight. Pay attention that the second highest valued Straight in Pai Gow is A-2-3-4-5. Here is the difference of Pai Gow from the other poker games, where the second highest valued Straight is 9-10-J-Q-K.
Three of a Kind	3 cards of the same denomination, and any two other cards (e.g. 3 sixes).
Two Pairs	Two pairs of cards of the same denomination (e.g. 2 sixes and 2 tens).
Pair	One pair of cards of the same denomination: Jacks or higher.

Instructions

To begin the game, choose the value of the chips for your bets. To do that, click the one of the appropriate chip placed at the lower right of the screen.
Click on any field of the central group: High, Low or $, to make a bet. Every click will increase your bet by the amount of the chip selected (if you wish you may change the chip value).
If you wish to change the bets you placed, press Clear Bets. Or holding the space key click on the chips to remove them from the table one by one. After that place bets again.
Push the Deal button. The cards will be dealt. Your cards will be divided into the "High hand" and the "Low Hand" according to the "House way" rules. House way and Done buttons will appear on the screen.
House way button will be blocked because the computer has found the best way to arrange and set your cards. Anyway, you may arrange the cards as you see it. To do so, put back the "Low Hand" cards to the low row (click on each). Than, choose two new cards (do not forget that the "Low Hand" could not be higher than the "High hand"). If you change your mind to divide the cards by your own, just collect then in the low row and press the House way button.
When you divide the cards press the Done button. The dealer opens his cards. Then, the hands are compared and the calculation will be made.
As soon as the round is over you may push Rebet button to make the same bets as you did the last round.

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