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Pai Gow Poker combines elements of the ancient Chinese game of Pai Gow and the American game of poker. It is played with a traditional deck of 52 playing cards, plus one joker. The joker can be used only as an Ace, or to complete a straight, flush or a straight flush.

Each player at the table is dealt seven cards which he then arranges to make two hands: A two-card hand and a five-card hand. Rankings are based on basic poker rankings. Thus, the highest two-card hand would be two Aces, and the highest five-card hand would be a Royal Flush.

This part is very important: The five-card hand must be higher than the two-card hand. For example, if the two card hand is a pair of sevens, the five card hand must contain at least a pair of eights or higher. If the player sets the hands so that the two card hand is higher than the five card hand, it is an automatic losing hand.

The object of the game is for both of the player's two hands to rank higher than both of the Banker's two hands. The Player's two-card (low) hand must rank higher than the Banker's two-card (low) hand, and the Player's five-card (high) hand must rank higher than the Banker's five-card (high) hand. Should one hand rank exactly the same as the Banker's hand, this is a tie. The Banker wins all ties.

If the player wins one hand, but loses the other, this is considered a "push" (tie). In "push" hands, no money exchanges hands.

Winning hands are paid even money, less a 5% commission. Losing hands lose the money wagered.

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pai gow strategy

if you hold:	play your hand this way:
no pairs, no straight, no flush	2- use your second and third highest card 5- use your highest card
a pair, no pairs, no flush	2- use your two highest single cards 5- use the pair
two pair	if you have a single ace, use the ace in the two-card hand and keep the pairs together in the five-card hand. Otherwise split the pairs as follows: 2- use the lower pair 5- use the higher pair
three pair	2- use the highest pair 5- use the second and third highest pairs
straight and two pair	play as two pair, ignore the straight
five-card straight	2- use the two cards not in the straight 5- use the straight
six-card straight	2- use the two highest cards that you can 5- use the remaining straight
flush and two pair	play as two pair, ignore the flush
other flush	2- play the highest cards in this hand without breaking up the flush 5- flush
full house	2- use the pair 5- use the three of a kind

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