Now let us discover some different styles of poker other than holdem, 7 card stud, five card draw and omaha high. Yes, pai gow poker. Now you must be wondering that pai gow sounds a bit Chinese; yes you’re right, this card game is a blending of the Chinese game pai gow and poker
Definitely this is not one of the highly popular varieties of poker but still commonly played. It can be played by up to 7 players. It’s played with 1 deck of cards, plus a joker. Interestingly, joker can be used only as an ace, or to finish off a straight, flush, straight flush, or royal flush. The critical detail here to always remember is aside from the normal ranking of hands we have one more winning hand that is "Five Aces" (4 Aces and the Joker). Astonishingly, five aces beats every other hand including royal flush. Every player is given seven cards. These cards are arranged to create 2 hands; a two card hand and a 5 card hand. The five card hand has to be stronger or be equivalent to the 2 card hand.
After setting up the 2 hands, the cards are placed on the table with the faces down. Once on the table, you can’t touch them. The dealer will flip over their cards and make his hands. Each players hand is played against the dealer’s hands. Should the player take one hand and loses the other, this is referred to as "push" and no money is lost or won. If croupier wins both hands then the player gives up their wager and vice versa. Now if there is a draw, the dealer wins all. Once the hand is played, the very next player clock-wise becomes the dealer and the next hand is dealt.