Pai Gow Poker is a modern game with old origins. Founded on the ancient Chinese tile game and the current American adaptation of poker, Pai Gow poker marries the far east with the wild west in an excellent game for new gamblers.

Pai Gow is a poker game that pits the gambler against the croupier, unlike almost all other poker games that gamblers play against other players. By competing against the dealer, starting players don’t need to fret about any other, more skillful people taking their cash.

Another Pai Gow advantage is the generally slow game play, newcomers can take their time and strategize while not having to make hasty decisions.

It is also much simpler to play for a long time with basically a little bit of money seeing as, to not win, each of your hands needs to be under both of the casino’s hands.

Pai Gow uses 53 cards; the familiar 52-card basic deck and one joker. The player is assigned 7 cards face up and the croupier gets 7 cards faces hidden.

One 5 card hand and one 2 card hand have to be put together from the seven cards dealt, the five card hand must be higher than the two card hand. To succeed, a player needs both of his hand values to be larger than the houses.