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PaiGow Rules
Split the deck and win both hands.
Paigow is played with a standard deck of cards, plus one wild card (ie 53 cards). The game begins with a player placing a bet. Both the dealer and player(s) are then dealt 7 cards....the dealer's are face down, the player's are face up.
The player must then split their 7 card hand into 2 hands as follows:
one hand of 5 cards, called "the highest hand", and
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one hand of 2 cards called "the second highest hand"
The highest hand must always rank higher (in poker terms) then the second highest hand. So if the 7 card hand contains a pair, it must remain in the highest hand. If there are two pair, the highest pair must remain in the highest hand and so on. In order to win you bet you must beat both the dealer's highest and second highest hand. In this case you receive "even money" on your bet (i.e. 1 to 1), less a bank 5% commission.
If you win only one of the hands there is a standoff. If you lose both hands you lose your bet.
The wild card, or joker, may be used only as a single ace; or to complete a flush, straight, or a straight flush.When the player and the dealer compare hands that have the same rank, that hand is referred to as a "copy hand." Unlike in blackjack, where a copy hand results in a push; the dealer wins the copy hand in Pai Gow
Pai Gow Hand Ranking
1: 5 Aces
2: Royal Flush
3: Straight Flush
4: 4 of a kind
5: Full House
6: Flush
7: Straight
8: 3 of a kind
9: 2 pairs
10:1 pair
11: High card
The only
difference between the system of ranking hands in Pai Gow poker
and in other poker games is that A-K-Q-J-10 ranks as the highest
straight, A-2-3-4-5 ranks as the second highest straight,
followed by K-Q-J-10-9.
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