Online Pai-Gow

Playing Online Pai Gow can be just as exciting and as potentially lucrative as playing in a traditional casino. One of the benefits of a game like Online Pai Gow is that it's less well known than a game like blackjack. The tables are less crowded, and the people playing the game tend to be more knowledgeable. It makes for a better playing experience. The best Internet casinos have captured the magic of that playing experience and made it possible to now play Online Pai Gow. The rules are the same only the venue is different. So try your luck you won't be disappointed!

Online Pai Gow is played with a standard 52-card deck and a joker that serves as a wild card in straights, flushes and straight flushes. The joker may also be used, as an ace in any hand, and in some casinos may be considered completely wild. The dealer shuffles the deck and deals out seven stacks of seven cards, discarding the remaining four cards. All bets are made and then the dealer shakes and rolls three dice from a teacup to determine which player will get the first stack of cards. The dealer totals the amount shown in the dice, and then starting with himself, counts around the players at the table in a clockwise motion until he reaches the player who gets the first hand. The remaining hands are dealt out to the players in a counterclockwise motion.

When the players receive their cards, they set them into two hands of five and two cards. The two-card hand is known as the low hand is placed in front of the five-card hand known as the high hand. Each five-card hand is ranked according to the Online Pai Gow poker hierarchy, which varies only slightly from the standard poker hand hierarchy. The only real difference is that five aces, which are accomplished by adding four aces to a joker, beats out a royal flush and is the highest hand in the Online Pai Gow game.