Let us learn some different types of poker other than Texas holdem, five card stud, five card draw and omaha high. Yes, double-hand poker. Now you might be thinking that double-hand sounds a bit Chinese; well you are correct, this card game is a mixture of the Chinese game pai gow and our own American poker
Definitely this is not one of the highly acclaimed types of poker but still widely played. It can be played by up to seven players. It’s played with one deck of 52 cards, including a joker. Interestingly, joker can only be used as an ace, or to complete a straight, flush, a straight flush, or royal flush. The critical aspect here to remember is apart from the usual ranking of hands we have an additional winning hand which is "Five Aces" (5 aces including the joker). Astonishingly, five aces defeats every other hand yes, even a royal flush. Every player is dealt seven cards. The cards are aligned to create 2 hands; a two card hand and a five card hand. The 5 card hand must be stronger or be equal to the 2 card hand.
After arranging the 2 hands, the cards are placed on the table face down. Once on the table, you are no longer allowed to change them. The dealer will flip over their cards and assemble his hands. Each competitors hand is played against the croupier’s hands. Should the player wins 1 hand and loses the other, this is called a "push" and absolutely no money is lost or won. If dealer wins the two hands then the individual looses their wager and vice versa. Now if the hand is a draw, the dealer wins everything. After the hand is competed, the next person clock-wise gets to be the dealer and the next hand is given out.
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