Online Pai poker Gow is played on a blackjack-size table with
up to six players and a banker. The players are playing against the banker.
In most cases the casino acts as the banker although players can chose to bank
the game if they wish to. When you are setting your hands, your five-card hand
must be a higher value than your two-card hand. If you make a mistake and the
two-card hand is higher it is a "foul" and you lose automatically.
When the casino acts as the Banker the dealers must set their hands according
to certain rules, which is called the "House Way." If you are unsure
of how to set your and you can ask the dealer to set it the "House Way."
This will keep you from making a mistake. Online
Pai poker Gow is a slower paced game. There are many pushes. The Banker
has a slight edge because it wins the copies.
The traditional Asian game of Online Pai poker Gow is played with tiles that
look like dominos. To make it easier to understand an American version was introduced
using standard playing cards and the ranking of hands were fashioned after poker
hands. Thus the new game of Online Pai poker Gow was developed. Online Pai poker
Gow is played with a standard 52-card deck and one joker. The joker can be used
as an ace or a wild card to complete a straight, a flush or straight flush only.
