Pai Gow Poker Rules

As soon as all the players at the tables have placed their bets, the dealer will deal seven cards to each player, including himself.

Your task is to arrange these seven cards into two separate hands. The high hand (5 cards) and the low hand (2 cards). Based on the Pai Gow Poker hand rankings, you must arrange them in a way that will beat both the two corresponding dealer hands.

You can arrange them any way you like, but you must always follow this one simple rule:

The high hand must ALWAYS be a better ranked hand than the low hand.

There is also an option to let the game automatically arrange your hands based on some basic principles. These are the same principles used to arrange the dealer's hand.

The deck used to play Pai Gow Poker is a standard 52 card deck with the addition of a joker.

The joker can only be used to complete a straight, a flush or straight flush. Otherwise it is treated like an ace.

Once you have finished arranging your hands, the dealer flips his cards.

The outcome is determined as follows:

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