Pai Gow

Pai Gow, also P'ai Kao, is a Chinese game of chance with dominoes and - apart from his native Macau - also played in the USA and Australia much.

The basic idea of this game was transferred to the game with cards, and so the variant Pai Gow Poker, which is very common especially in the casinos in Las Vegas and Atlantic City has been developing.

Pai Gow, to German as: nine (points) make, has some distant resemblance to baccarat chemin de fer; the occasional assertion that it was a precursor of Baccarat is however certainly not correct.

2.1 The basic rules
2.2 Special features of Pai Gow Poker 2.2.1 The playing cards
2.2.2 The poker combinations

Pai Gow dominoes

The basic rules

Pai Gow is played by up to eight players with 32 stones (bricks ) of the Chinese domino game. Such a set contains all 21 combinations of the numbers of [ 6-6 ] to [ 1-1], the following eleven stones come but twice before:

[ 6-6 ], [ 6-5 ], [ 6-4 ], [ 6-1 ], [ 5-5 ], [ 5-1 ], [ 4-4 ], [ 3-3 ], [3 -1 ], [ 2-2 ], [ 1-1].

At the beginning of each game set the Pointeure against the respective banker; this mixes the stones and finishes them face to a wall ( woodpile ) of eight stacks of four. Then throws the banker three dice and counts, starting with himself, according to the eye sum counterclockwise: Once determined, the player gets the first stack of four stones, the player to whose rights the second, etc. Players may use their stones to the other not show other players.

Each player arranges his four stones in two groups of two stones,

A high hand and
A Low hand,

While the High hand has a higher value than the Low hand have (see below ranking ). The banker does with its stones as well. Are all players finished their arrangements and have passed their stones to the corresponding fields of the gaming table covers, the croupier turns over the stones, and it is the billing.

Each player plays against the banker. To win, a player must

Both a real high-order High Hand
And show a genuine high-order Low hand as the banker;

The player receives in this case, a gain in the amount of his bet.

However, the player wins with only one hand while the other hand is beaten by the banker or adjusted, so the game is a draw.

Can beat both a player hands or at least adjust the banker, so he wins its use; However, the banker must pay it to the casino from his earnings a tax in the amount of 5%.

The individual players have the right to play two coups in a row as a banker, then change the law, the bank to keep the player at the right hand of the banker; Of course, a player can already pass on the bench after his first coup.

The ranking of hands

The ranking of the hands is very complicated and is as follows:

The highest pair is the Gee Joon, the highest possible hand is comprised of the stones [4-2 ] and [ 2-1]. These two stones are also known as Wild cards and can substitute each other alternately, that is, the stone [2-1 ] can also be used as stone [4-2 ] and are counted with 6 eyes, and vice versa.

Below the Gee Joon the pairs ( Bo) are ranked according to the following ranking

The sky, that is, the stones [ 6-6 ] and [ 6-6 ],
The earth, i.e., the blocks [1-1 ] and [ 1-1],
The man, i.e. the stones [ 4-4 ] and [ 4-4 ],
The goose, that is, the stones [3-1 ] and [ 3-1],
The flower, that is, the stones [ 5-5 ] and [ 5-5 ],
The length, i.e., the blocks [ 3-3 ] and [ 3-3 ],
The board, i.e., the blocks [ 2-2 ] and [ 2-2 ],
The ax, that is, the stones [ 6-5 ] and [ 6-5 ]
The partition, that is the blocks [ 6-4 ] and [ 6-4 ]
The Long Leg Seven, ie the stones [ 6-1 ] and [ 6-1 ]
Big Head Six, ie the stones [ 5-1 ] and [ 5-1 ]
The mixed nine ( Jaap Gow ), ie the blocks [ 6-3 ] and [ 5-4 ]
The Mixed Eight ( Jaap Baart ), ie the stones [ 6-2 ] and [ 5-3 ]
The Mixed Seven ( Jaap Chut ), ie the stones [ 5-2 ] and [ 4-3]
The Mixed Five ( Jaap Ng ), ie the stones [4-1 ] and [ 3-2]

Below the Bo rank the Wongs, which are combinations of a stone with nine eyes, and a double six or double -one, they are in descending order:

[ 6-6 ] and [ 6-3 ]
[ 6-6 ] and [ 5-4 ]
[1-1 ] and [ 6-3 ]
[1-1 ] and [ 5-4 ]

According to Wong, the gongs follow, these are formed the same way but with an eight instead of nine, ie:

[ 6-6 ] and [ 5-3 ]
[ 6-6 ] and [ 4-4 ]
[1-1 ] and [ 5-3 ]
[1-1 ] and [ 4-4 ]

The other hands are rated as follows: one adds the figures eyes and considered - as in Baccarat - only the ones digit.

If two hands according to the above criteria to be equivalent, the individual stones is decided according to the ranking below, this is in descending order

[ 6-6 ] Teen
[1-1] Day
[ 4-4 ] Yun
[3-1 ] Gor
[ 5-5 ] Mooy
[ 3-3 ] Chong
[ 2-2 ] Bon
[ 6-5 ] Foo
[ 6-4 ] Ping
[ 6-1 ] Tit
[ 5-1 ] look
[ 6-3 ] and [ 5-4 ]: Gow
[ 6-2 ] and [ 5-3 ]: Bot
[ 6-1 ] and [ 5-2 ]: Chu
[4-2 ] Luk, part of the Gee Joon
[4-1 ] Ng
[3-2 ] Ng
[2-1 ] Saam, the other part of the Gee Joon

Tips for compiling the hands

It is recommended in the compilation of the two hands, proceed as follows:

Imagine if possible pairs ( Bo) together,
Combine a [ 6-6 ] or [ 1-1] with an arbitrary block of Figure 7, 8 or 9 eyes
The two lowest blocks, combine so that the sum of 7, 8, or 9 eyes results.
Each distribution can be played in three different modes: one tries to achieve a very good high hand, this can cause the Low hand of very little value, and the game ends in a draw, while another division led to the profit would.

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Casino Gaming Rules of Queensland, Australia ( PDF file, 2.1 MB)

Pai Gow Poker

The basic rules

Pai Gow Poker or Asian Poker is an introduced from the Tropicana in Las Vegas as a casino game in the 1986 adaptation of the classic Pai Gow for the game with cards: the complicated ranking of the domino combinations was replaced by the more common order of poker hands.

In a game of Pai Gow Poker up to seven players can participate; one player is the banker, the other set against him. The dealer shuffles the cards, then pull it off and gives each player seven cards face down to. To determine who will serve as the first parts, the ceremonial of the game is often applied with dominoes, that is: it is like throwing dice there.

Each opponent and also the banker shares his blade into two groups:

A high hand or back hand consisting of five cards and
A low hand or front hand consisting of two cards.

The ranking of high hands essentially follows the usual order of the poker combinations, with some minor exceptions ( see below).

The ranking of low hands, in descending order:

Pairs: Aces - Kings - Queens - Jacks - 10s - ... - 2s
No pair A- C, A- Q, A -J, ..., A -2, K- Q, K -J, ..., 3-2

In the ranking of the Low hands, there are no straights or flushes: consecutive cards or cards of the same color are not rated separately here. The low hand must again stand in rank among the high hand, you may wear do not take two kings in the low hand and a high hand, a combination of two aft identification.

The other rules follow those of the game with dominoes:

Are all players finished their arrangements and have their cards placed face-down on the corresponding fields of the gaming table, the croupier turns over the cards, and it is the billing.

Each player plays against the banker. To win, a player must

Both a real high-order High Hand
And show a genuine high-order Low hand as the banker;

The player receives in this case, a gain in the amount of its use, but he also has - in contrast to traditional Pai Gow - pay them 5 % commission to the casino.

However, the player wins with only one hand while the other hand is beaten by the banker or it is set, the game is a push, ie a draw.

Can beat both a player hands or at least adjust the banker, so he wins its use; the banker has to pay his income tax than 5% again.

Special features of Pai Gow Poker

The Playing Cards

Pai Gow Poker is played with a package of 53 cards (52 French playing cards and a joker ).

The wild card in this game is called " The Bug " and may only

To complete a Straight, Flush, Straight Flush or Royal Flush or
As an ace

Be used.

The poker combinations

There is a Joker that can be used as an ace played, there is the possibility Five Aces keep; this is the most valuable combination - other quintuplets there due to the limited use, the Joker of course not.

The ranking in the straights and straight flushes differs from the usual order from: The highest straight, A- K -Q -J -10, as the second highest followed by 5-4 -3-2 -A and the third- highest K -Q -J -10-9; the other straights follow in their usual order, ie, the decision is according to the rank of the highest card in each case; the colors play Pai Gow as with most poker variants not matter.

Tips for compiling the hands

Does the dealer for the casino the banker, he is bound in the compilation of the hands of so-called House ways. These rules describe the optimal playing strategy for the banker - with minor simplifications, and so are the ways House of slightly different casino to casino.

If a player holds the bank, so he is not forced to abide by the House ways, but it is advisable to do that. In the following, such a rule is played.

Does the banker not a couple, it shall hand the highest card in the high hand and the next two higher in the low.
Does the banker a couple, so he sets the pair in the high hand and the two highest single cards hand in the Low.
Does the banker two pairs ', so he sets both couples in the high hand and the two highest single cards hand in the Low. However, in the following cases he divides the two pairs and sets the higher pair in the high hand and the lower pair in the low hand: a pair of two sevens or higher, and there is no ace as a single map
The higher pair are Jacks or higher, the lower pair are two of six or higher, and there is a single ace
Two aces and any other pair.

The banker always puts a straight or flush in the high hand. In the following cases, however, he plays his hand according to the rules for two couples: any two pairs and a single ace
A pair of jacks and a pair of sixes
A pair of aces and any other pair

Two to six never be separated and placed as four of a kind in the high hand.
Seven to ten are divided into two pairs, unless you can put an Ace or another pair in the low hand.
Jacks, Queens and Kings are divided into two pairs, unless you previously owned another pair of tens or better.
Aces are always shared, unless you can put a pair of sevens or better in the low hand.

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The United States Playing Card Company, Joli Quentin Kansil, Editor: Official Rules of Card Games, 90th Edition, 2004
House Ways, Golden Nugget Casino, Las Vegas

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