Pai Gow Poker Rules

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Now let’s become versed in some alternate styles of poker other than Texas holdem, five card stud, 5 card draw and omaha hi-low. Yes, double-hand poker. Now you might be thinking that pai gow sounds a little Chinese; well you’re right, this card game is a mixture of the Chinese game pai gow and poker
Certainly this isn’t one of the highly acclaimed varieties of poker but still widely played. It can be played by up to 7 players. It is played with one deck of cards, including a joker. Interestingly, the Joker can be used only as an ace, or to complete a straight, a flush, a straight flush, or royal flush. The important thing here to bear in mind is aside from the customary ranking of hands we have an additional winning hand that is "Five Aces" (4 Aces and the Joker). Astonishingly, five aces defeats every other hand including royal flush. Every gambler is given 7 cards. These cards are arranged to create 2 hands; a two card hand and a 5 card hand. The five card hand must be better or be equal to the two card hand.
After setting up the 2 hands, the cards are positioned on the table with the faces down. Once down, you can no longer change them. The croupier will flip over his cards and make their hands. Each players hand is played against the croupier’s hands. If the player take one hand and loses the other, this is known as "push" and no cash is lost or won. If croupier wins both hands then the individual looses their wager and vice versa. Now if the hand is a tie, the dealer wins all. After the hand is competed, the next player clock-wise becomes the dealer and the following hand is dealt.