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Let’s become versed in some alternate forms of poker other than texas hold’em, seven card stud, five card draw and omaha high. Yes, double-hand poker. Now you must be thinking 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 us poker
Certainly this isn’t one of the highly popular types of poker but still widely played. It can be enjoyed by up to 7 players. It’s played with one deck of cards, plus a joker. Interestingly, the Joker can be used only as an ace, or to finish off a straight, a flush, straight flush, or a royal flush. The essential detail here to remember is aside from the typical ranking of hands we have one more winning hand which is "Five Aces" (four Aces and the Joker). Astonishingly, five aces is greater than every other hand including royal flush. Each player is dealt seven cards. These cards are arranged to make two hands; a two card hand and a 5 card hand. The 5 card hand has to rank higher or be equal to the two card hand.
After setting up the two hands, the cards are laid on the poker table face down. Once on the table, you can no longer touch them. The dealer will flip over his cards and make their hands. Every players hand is compared to the croupier’s hands. If the player wins 1 hand and loses the other, this is referred to as "push" and no money is lost or won. If dealer wins the two hands then the gambler looses their wager and vice versa. Now if the hand is a draw, the croupier wins everything. Once the hand is competed, the next person clock-wise gets to be the dealer and the following hand is given out.
