Let us become versed in some alternate variations of poker other than texas hold’em, five card stud, five card draw and omaha high. Yes, double-hand poker. Now you must be thinking that double-hand sounds a little Chinese; yes you are correct, this casino game is a blending of the Chinese game pai gow and poker
Certainly this isn’t one of the highly acclaimed types of poker but still broadly played. It can be played by up to seven players. It’s played with 1 deck of 52 cards, with a joker. Interestingly, joker can only be used as an ace, or to finish off a straight, flush, straight flush, or royal flush. The important element here to bear in mind is other than the usual ranking of hands we’ve one more winning hand that is "Five Aces" (five aces including the joker). Astonishingly, five aces is greater than all other hand yes, even a royal flush. Every gambler is dealt seven cards. The cards are arranged to create 2 hands; a two card hand and a 5 card hand. The 5 card hand has to be stronger or be equivalent to the 2 card hand.
After setting up the two hands, the cards are placed on the poker table with the faces down. Once down, you are no longer allowed to touch them. The dealer will turn over their cards and assemble his hands. Each players hand is played against the dealer’s hands. Should the player take one hand and lose the other, this is called a "push" and no money is exchanged. If dealer wins the two hands then the player looses their wager the opposite is correct if the player wins both hands. Now if there is a draw, the dealer wins all. After the hand is played, the very next person clock-wise gets to be the dealer and the following hand is dealt.
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