Aim of the Game

The goal of Pai Gow Poker is to separate (do a "set") your seven cards into two hands: one five-card high hand and low hand of two cards. The cards must be arranged so that the hand of five cards is higher than the two card hand.

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Pai Gow Poker

Pai Gow Poker is a variant of the Chinese domino game called Pai Gow.
Pai Gow is played with a deck of 53 cards: a standard deck of 52 cards and a Joker (the Joker can be used as an Ace or to complete a Straight, a Flush or a Straight Flush).
Pai Gow is played one against one, the player against the dealer (or banker), each trying to establish the best possible hands.
After placing an initial bet, the player and the dealer each receive seven cards.
The player must separate the seven cards into a five-card high hand and low hand of two cards. The high hand must be higher than the hands of two cards.
For example, the player's hand is: 6,7,8,9,10, A, A. The player arranges the pair of aces in a low hand, and 6,7,8,9,10 (Quinte) in high hand. The dealer's hand is: 2,2,2, A, K, 4.5. The dealer arranges the Ace and King in low hand, and 2,2,2,4,5 (set) in the high hand. The player beats both the upper hand as the dealer's low hand, thus winning the round.
The hands are ranked according to standard poker rules, except that the Quint A, 2,3,4,5 is the second highest Straight.
The best low hand is a pair of Aces.
The dealer arranges his hand on a fixed set of rules (way home).
The player's hands are compared with the dealer's hands to determine the winner.
To win, your hands high and low should both be higher than the high and low hands of the dealer.
If both your hands beat the dealer, you win a sum equal to your initial bet minus 5% commission.
If both hands beat the dealer's yours, the dealer wins.
If you do win one of two hands, it's a push and neither you nor the dealer, not win.
In case of push, your bet is returned.
If hands are the same high or low, the hands are reported copies. The dealer wins all copy hands.
For example, if you beat the dealer with your high but copy the dealer with your low hand, the game is considered a push.

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Features Pai Gow Poker

Ranking of Hands Poker Pai Gow (from highest to lowest)

The only real difference between the ranking of poker hands of Pai Gow and poker hand rankings is a standard five-ace hand (four Aces and a Joker) beats a Royal Flush and is the best hand of the game

Rating Main Description
1 Square Won Four Aces and a Joker
2 Royal Flush Five cards of consecutive ranks of the same family of 10 to Ace-10, J, Q, K, A
3 Quinte Flush Five cards of consecutive ranks of the same family
4 Square Four cards of equal rank
5 Full Three cards of same rank and two cards of same rank
6 Color Five cards of consecutive ranks not of the same family
7 Scenes Five cards of consecutive ranks of different families
8 Kind Three cards of same rank
9 Two pairs Two pairs of cards of equal rank
10 One Pair Two cards of same rank

Table Limits

Table Limits:
Table Type Last Min Max Bet
In 2 $ 100 $
II 5 $ 200 $
III 25 $ 350 $

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General Dialog Boxes

Message: This tells you if you're players or Coupier.

Opponent: This tells you the name (or nickname) of your current opponent.

Last Lap: This tells you how much you've won or lost in the final lap.

Dealer Points: This is your Dealer Points balance. As players, you engrengez 1 Dealer Point for every dollar you bet. As Dealer, 1 Dealer Point is deducted for you every dollar bet against you.

Fictional Balance / Balance: This is your Practice Play Balance / Actual (U.S. $).

Commission: When playing as Dealer, you pay a commission of 1.75% of total amount staked against you (as a player, you do not pay commission).

Dialogue boxes of Pai Gow Poker

Bet Labels: These labels appear on the left of your bet and inform you about the bet amount you have committed.

Labels Won / Lost: These labels appear above the cards and indicate whether you won or lost.

Game Options:

Game Tokens, $ 1, $ 5, $ 25 and $ 100: With chips, you make your bets at the table by creating a tower of chips. To remove the chips, place your cursor on the tower and click the left button of your mouse.

Distribute: Once you've placed your bets on the table, click Distribute to distribute the cards.

Playing Cards: Click the map to select two cards you want to arrange as a low hand. The cards must be arranged so that the two card hand (low) value is less than the five-card hand (high).

Split: When you've made your choice for the low hand, click Split to separate your hands.

House Ways: Click Way House for the software automatically arranges your cards.

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Disconnections

There may be communication problems on the Internet cause sudden disconnections. Our software has been designed to cope with these disconnections and protect yourself from undue loss.

If you play Pai Gow as Dealer and a disconnection occurs after you have clicked the Approve button, the game will continue until the player completes his turn. This will not affect you as the Dealer is played automatically according to the rules of the game (way home).

If you play Pai Gow and players like that disconnection occurs before you have clicked Distributing, your bet will be returned to your balance. If the disconnection occurs after you click DistributeThe tour will continue as if you had decided to separate the way home.

Once the connection is restored, you can visit the History page to see the results of the last round (History is available in Real Money mode only).

Playing as Dealer

Our casino offers you the unique opportunity to play the role of the Dealer. This option increases your chances of winning as you benefit from favorable ratings Banker reserved. At the end of each round, the Casino takes a commission of 1.75% of total amount staked against the Dealer.

Example
A Dealer chooses to play in Table II. This means that the dealer meets the minimum requirements for this type of table, ie 50 points Banker and a minimum balance of $ 60. The system is so far a player to the Dealer and once the dealer has approved the next round, the players place their bets on the table. Note that the angle of view of the table has changed to the Dealer. Let's say the player places a bet of $ 50 and receives 2,3,7,8, K, K, A. The players arranged A, 8 as a low hand and 2,3,7, K, K as high hand. The Dealer's hand is A, A, 2,3,4,5,6. Depending on the way home, the dealer arranges the pair of aces in his hand low and 2,3,4,5,6 (Quinte) in high hand. The dealer shuffles the high and low hands of players, winning the round. The player loses his bet as a bet against the Dealer was $ 50, the Casino takes a commission of $ 0.88 (1.75% * 50), which means that the dealer wins $ 49.12 (50 $ - $ 0.88) on this tour. With these rules, the margin of the Casino Pai Gow is approximately 2.9% (keep in mind that these 2.9% are the means by which the casino makes a profit), so your profit margin as the Dealer is actually about 1.4%.

Dealer Points and Minimum Balance

You can play as Dealer once you have accumulated enough Dealer Points and have enough money in your balance, given the limits of the game

The minimum balance required is slightly higher than the total earnings of players in a given round. Here's the calculation: (Max Bet) + 1.75% (Committee on Casino) * (Max Bet).

Game Options:

Bouton Approuver / functions Auto-Approuver
When playing as Dealer, prior to the start of each turn, you must approve the next round. Once the tower is approved, the player can place his bets and play. The Auto-Approve feature allows you to automatically approve the next rounds without having to approve every round individually.