Pai Gow Poker

Pai Gow Poker is a western version of the ancient Chinese game Pai Gow, where playing cards bearing poker hand values are used instead of Chinese dominoes.
Players receive seven cards, which are then split into a five card hand and a two card hand. The object is to beat the dealer.
Start by placing your bets by selecting chips and clicking on the Betting area in the middle of the table. To remove a chip from the bet field, right click on it. Click on Deal to continue.
Create two poker hands out of the seven card hand dealt to you by the dealer: a five-card "Highest" hand, and a two-card "2nd Highest" poker hand Simply click on your desired cards to add it to or remove them from you hands. The five-card "Highest" hand must have a stronger value than the two-card "2nd Highest" hand. You can also click the "House Way" button to automatically select your hands for you. If you you have chosen you desired hands without using the "House Way" option, click on "Done" to continue.
Once you have finished selecting your hands, the dealer’s cards are revealed. If both of the dealer’s hands are higher than yours, you lose your bet. If one of your hands is higher and the other is lower, the round is a "push" and you keep your bet. If both your hands are higher, you win 1:1 odds minus 5% bank commission. In case of an exact match between hands the tie goes to the banker.

Pai Gow Poker Rules

The "Highest" hand is ranked as it is in Poker except when the hand is a Low Poker Straight of A-2-3-4-5 which is considered as the 2nd Highest Straight. The "2nd Highest" hand can be either a pair or individual cards where the highest hand is a pair of aces and the lowest is a 2-3. You can divide your hand yourself or click the "House Way" option to do it automatically.
The Pai Gow Poker card deck contains a Joker which can only be used to complete a straight, flush, or straight flush, otherwise it is treated as an ace.

House Way

The House Way is a set of rules that describes how the dealer arranges his hand. You can use the House Way on your hand by clicking the House Way button.

The "front" refers to the "2nd Highest" hand and the "back" refers to the "Highest" hand.

• No pair: Place the highest card in the back and the next two highest cards in the front.
• One pair: Place the pair in the back and the next two highest cards in the front.
• Two pair: Play the two pairs in the back, split them in the following situations:
1. One pair is 7's or greater and no ace is present.
2. Pair of jacks or better and 6's or better and an ace is present.
3. Pair of aces and any other pair.
• Three pair: Always play highest pair in the front.
• Three of a kind: Always play three of a kind in the back except break up three aces.
• Full house: Split except with pair of 2's and an ace/king can be played in the front.
• Full house with three of a kind and two pairs: Play the highest pair in the front.
• Three of a kind twice: Always play highest pair in the front.
• Straights, flushes, straight flushes, and royal flushes:

Always play straight or flush in the high hand except play as a two pair if one of the following:

1. Any two pair and an ace singleton.
2. Pair of jacks and pair of 6's.
3. Pair of aces and any other pair.

Play 6 or 7 card straight or flush by puttin the highest possible hand in the front while maintaining the straight or flush in the back.

Play a staight or flush over straight flush to improve the front hand to a jack or better.

Play a staight or flush over royal flush to improve the front hand to a king or better.

• Four of a kind: Play according to the rank of the hand:
1. Always keep together when 2 to 6.
2. Split unless an ace or better can be played in the front when 7 to 10.
3. Split unless your hand also contains a pair of 10's or higher when Jack to king.
4. Split unless a pair of 7's or higher can be played in the front when Aces.
• Five aces: Split unless a pair of kings can be played in the front.

Your hands are compared to the dealer’s and the winner is determined after they have all been arranged:

• If both the dealer’s hands are higher, you lose your bet.
• If one of the dealer’s hands is higher and the other lower, it is a "push" and you keep your bet.
• If both your hands are higher, you win 1:1 odds minus 5% bank commission.

In case of an exact match between hands the tie goes to the banker.

Poker Table Features

Chips

Playing chip denominations are available at the bottom of the table.
Click on a chip to select it to be placed as a bet.
You may only select one chip at a time, but place any chips you like as bets on the table.

Deal

Once you have chosen the coin value and placed your bet, click the Deal button to see your cards.
Note that the dealer's full hand will only be revealed once you have finished playing all your hands.

Clear

Clicking this button will remove all bets from the table. The button can only be used between hands before the cards are dealt.

Credits

The credits box displays your current Casino RedKings account balance which is updated in real time as you play.

Winning Poker Hands

1. Royal Flush

This is the highest poker hand. It consists of ace, king, queen, jack, and ten, all in the same suit. As all suits are equal, all royal flushes are equal.

2. Straight Flush

Five cards of the same suit in sequence - such as J-10-9-8-7.
Between two straight flushes, the one containing the higher top card is higher.
An ace can be counted as low, so 5-4-3-2-A is a straight flush, but its top card is the five, not the ace, so it is the lowest type of straight flush.
The cards cannot "turn the corner": 4-3-2-A-K is not valid.

3. Four of a kind

Four cards of the same rank - such as four queens. The fifth card can be anything.
This combination is sometimes known as "quads", and in some parts of Europe it is called a "poker", though this term for it is unknown in English.
Between two fours of a kind, the one with the higher set of four cards is higher - so 3-3-3-3-A is beaten by 4-4-4-4-2.

4. Full House

This consists of three cards of one rank and two cards of another rank - for example three sevens and two tens (colloquially known as "sevens full" or more specifically "sevens on tens").
When comparing full houses, the rank of the three cards determines which is higher.
For example 9-9-9-4-4 beats 8-8-8-A-A.
If the threes of a kind were equal, the rank of the pairs would decide.

5. Flush

Five cards of the same suit. When comparing two flushes, the highest card determines which is higher. If the highest cards are equal then the second highest card is compared; if those are equal too, then the third highest card, and so on.
For example K-J-9-3-2 beats K-J-7-6-5 because the nine beats the seven.

6. Straight

Five cards of mixed suits in sequence - for example Q-J-10-s9-8.
When comparing two sequences, the one with the higher ranking top card is better. Ace can count high or low in a straight, but not both at once, so A-K-Q-J-10 and 5-4-3-2-A are valid straights, but 2-A-K-Q-J is not. 5-4-3-2-A is the lowest kind of straight, the top card being the five.

7. Three of a Kind

Three cards of the same rank plus two other cards. This combination is also known as Triplets or Trips.
When comparing two threes of a kind the hand in which the three equal cards are of higher rank is better.
So for example 5-5-5-3-2 beats 4-4-4-K-Q. If you have to compare two threes of a kind where the sets of three are of equal rank, then the higher of the two remaining cards in each hand are compared, and if those are equal, the lower odd card is compared.

8. Two Pairs

A pair is two cards of equal rank. In a hand with two pairs, the two pairs are of different ranks (otherwise you would have four of a kind), and there is an odd card to make the hand up to five cards. When comparing hands with two pairs, the hand with the highest pair wins, irrespective of the rank of the other cards - so J-J-2-2-4 beats 10-10-9-9-8 because the jacks beat the tens. If the higher pairs are equal, the lower pairs are compared, so that for example 8-8-6-6-3 beats 8-8-5-5-K.
Finally, if both pairs are the same, the odd cards are compared, so Q-Q-5-5-8 beats Q-Q-5-5-4.

9. Pair

A hand with two cards of equal rank and three other cards which do not match these or each other. When comparing two such hands, the hand with the higher pair is better - so for example 6-6-4-3-2 beats 5-5-A-K-Q. If the pairs are equal, compare the highest ranking odd cards from each hand; if these are equal compare the second highest odd card, and if these are equal too compare the lowest odd cards. So J-J-A-9-3 beats J-J-A-8-7 because the 9 beats the 8.

10. High Card

Five cards which do not form any of the combinations listed above. When comparing two such hands, the one with the better highest card wins. If the highest cards are equal the second cards are compared; if they are equal too the third cards are compared, and so on. So A-J-9-5-3 beats A-10-9-6-4 because the jack beats the ten.