Double-hand Poker Established Rules

February 12th, 2013 Heath Leave a comment Go to comments

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Let’s become versed in some different styles of poker other than Texas holdem, five card stud, five card draw and omaha/8. Yes, double-hand poker. Now you might be thinking that double-hand sounds a bit Chinese; well you are right, this casino game is a blending of the Chinese game pai gow and our own us poker
Definitely this isn’t one of the most acclaimed styles of poker but still widely played. It can be enjoyed by up to 7 players. It is played with 1 deck of 52 cards, plus a joker. Interestingly, joker can be used only as an ace, or to complete a straight, flush, straight flush, or a royal flush. The critical aspect here to always remember is aside from the normal ranking of hands we’ve an additional winning hand that is "Five Aces" (5 aces including the joker). Surprisingly, 5 aces defeats all other hand yes, even a royal flush. Each player is given 7 cards. These cards are arranged to make two hands; a two card hand and a five card hand. The five card hand must be stronger or be equal to the two card hand.
After setting up the two hands, the cards are positioned on the table face down. Once down, you can no longer touch them. The dealer will flip over their cards and arrange their hands. Each competitors hand is compared to the dealer’s hands. Should the player wins 1 hand and loses the other, this is called a "push" and no cash is exchanged. If dealer wins both hands then the individual gives up their wager and vice versa. Now if the hand is a tie, the dealer wins all. Once the hand is played, the next person clock-wise gets to be the croupier and the following hand is given out.

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