Double-hand Poker Guidelines
Posted in Poker on 05/11/2010 07:21 am by Christopher
Let us become versed in some different styles of poker other than Texas holdem, 7 card stud, five card draw and omaha/8. Yes, double-hand poker. Now you might be wondering that double-hand sounds a bit Chinese; well you are right, this casino game is a blending of the Chinese game pai gow and our own American poker
Absolutely this is not one of the highly popular varieties of poker but still broadly played. It can be played by up to 7 players. It is played with 1 deck of cards, including a joker. Interestingly, the Joker can be used only as an ace, or to complete a straight, a flush, straight flush, or royal flush. The essential thing here to remember is other than the customary ranking of hands we have an additional winning hand that is "Five Aces" (four Aces and the Joker). Astonishingly, five aces beats all other hand including royal flush. Each gambler is dealt seven cards. These cards are aligned to make 2 hands; a 2 card hand and a 5 card hand. The 5 card hand has to rank higher or be equal to the 2 card hand.
After setting up the 2 hands, the cards are placed on the poker table face down. Once down, you are no longer allowed to change them. The dealer will flip over their cards and make their hands. Every players hand is played against the croupier’s hands. Should the player wins 1 hand and lose the other, this is known as "push" and no money is exchanged. If croupier wins the two hands then the player gives up 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 next player clock-wise gets to be the dealer and the following hand is given out.