WHAT IS A PAI GOW AND HOW TO PLAY IT?

 

 What is Pai Gow?

 

Pai Gow is a Chinese gambling game played with tiles. It is played with a set of 32 tiles and is commonly played in Asia and among Asian-American communities. The objective of the game is to create two hands from the tiles dealt to the player: one hand of five tiles and one hand of two tiles. These two hands are then compared to the corresponding hands of the banker, and if both of the player's hands beat both of the banker's hands, the player wins. If only one of the player's hands beats one of the banker's hands, the game is considered a tie or "push". If both of the player's hands lose to the banker's hands, the player loses the game. Pai Gow is a slow-paced game that requires skill and strategy, as the player must decide how to divide their tiles into the two hands they will play.

 

 How to play Pai Gow?

 Pai Gow is a two-hand tile game played with 32 tiles. Here is a basic outline of how to play Pai Gow:

 Players place their bets, and the dealer deals 4 tiles to each player and 4 tiles to himself.

Players arrange their 4 tiles into two hands: a "high hand" of two tiles and a "low hand" of two tiles.

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The high hand must be stronger than the low hand, and both hands must follow specific ranking rules. For example, the high hand must be a pair or two-tile straight, and the low hand must be two unmatched tiles.

 The dealer sets his own tiles, and players reveal their hands.

 The dealer compares each player's high and low hands to his own high and low hands. If both of a player's hands beat both of the dealer's hands, the player wins. If only one of the player's hands beats one of the dealer's hands, the game is a tie or "push". If both of the player's hands lose to the dealer's hands, the player loses.

Ties are resolved in favor of the dealer.

It is important to note that in Pai Gow, the player acts as the banker and can choose to bank against the other players or pass the role of banker to the next player. This adds an element of strategy to the game, as the player must decide whether to bank and potentially win or lose more money, or pass and play as a regular player.