Pai Gow

[vegasrocks]

I have heard of people talking about playing Pai Gow poker and I know that it is a card game based on Pai Gow. I was wondering what exactly Pai Gow is. I found out that it is a game played using Chinese dominos. The game has a lot of history behind it as it goes clear back to the Song Dynasty.

The game tiles (dominos) are randomly in eight stacks of four on the table. This is known as the woodpile. They are "shuffled" and then rearranged into a new woodpile.

Bets are then made.

Then, each player includin g the dealer gets four tiles with which to make two of two tiles. The players hand with the lower value is called the "front" hand. The players hand with the higher value is called the "rear" hand.

If the players front and rear hands both beat the dealers front and rear hands, the player wins the bet. If the players front hand beats the dealers front hand but the dealers rear hand beats the players rear hand, it is called a push and the player only wins their own bet money. If both of the players hands lose to the dealers hands, the player loses the bet. Only the players hands are compared with the dealers hands, not with other players.

I think this game would be a lot of fun. Do any of you play it?