21
June
Written by Zain.
Posted in: Poker
Let us learn some alternate styles of poker other than texas hold’em, 7 card stud, 5 card draw and omaha hold’em. Yes, double-hand poker. Now you might be wondering that double-hand sounds a bit Chinese; yes you’re right, this game is a blending of the Chinese game pai gow and poker
Definitely this isn’t one of the most popular varieties of poker but still broadly played. It can be enjoyed by up to seven players. It is played with one deck of cards, including a joker. Interestingly, the Joker can only be used as an ace, or to finish off a straight, a flush, a straight flush, or royal flush. The important detail here to remember is aside from the normal ranking of hands we’ve an additional winning hand which is "Five Aces" (four Aces and the Joker). Astonishingly, 5 aces defeats every other hand yes, even a royal flush. Every player is dealt 7 cards. These cards are aligned to make two hands; a two card hand and a five card hand. The 5 card hand has to be better or be equal to the 2 card hand.
After setting up the two hands, the cards are placed on the poker table face down. Once down, you can no longer touch them. The croupier will flip over his cards and make their hands. Each competitors hand is played against the dealer’s hands. Should the player wins one hand and lose the other, this is referred to as "push" and absolutely no money is lost or won. If dealer wins the two hands then the player looses their wager the opposite is true if the player wins both hands. Now if there is a tie, the croupier wins everything. Once the hand is played, the next person clock-wise becomes the dealer and the following hand is given out.
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