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Double-hand Poker is a current game with ancient ancestry. Founded on the ancient Chinese domino game and the modern American variation of poker, Pai Gow poker marries the eastern with the western in an awesome game for beginner level gamblers.

Pai Gow is a poker game that puts the gambler versus the dealer, not like nearly all other poker games that players play against other players. By gambling against the dealer, new players don't have to fret about other, more experienced people taking their $$$$.

Another Pai Gow advantage is the generally leisurely game play, newcomers will be able to take their time and strategize while not having to make frenzied choices.

It's also easier to play for an extended time with just a tiny bit of cash after all, to not win, each of your hands needs to be lower than both of the dealer's hands.

Pai Gow is played with 53 cards; the regular 52-card standard deck and one joker. The gambler is assigned seven cards face up and the casino is given 7 cards faces hidden.

One 5 card hand and a two card hand must be put together from the 7 cards, the 5 card hand has to be better than the 2 card hand. To succeed, a player needs both of his hand values to be better than the houses.