| Pai Gow Poker is a card game played
with a 53-card deck consisting of a standard
deck of 52 cards plus one Joker. In this
version of Pai Gow Poker, the banker (or
house) always plays as the dealer and covers
all bets, and the player only competes against
the dealer. The player receives seven cards,
which must then be “set” or split
into two poker hands: a five-card hand and
a two-card hand. Once split, the player’s
two hands are compared with the dealer’s
two hands to determine the winner.
The bank pays the winner—minus
a 5% commission—and the game ends.
The commission is 5% of the bet and is
rounded up to the next quarter. For example,
a minimum bet of $6 would be a commission
of 50 cents. (5% of $6 = 30 cents, but
since the commission is rounded up to
the next 25 cents; the commission is actually
50 cents. 5% of $11 = 55 cents, which
makes the actual commission 75 cents.)
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