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Pai Gow

December 31, 2019   Game guide   No comments

I’ll admit it. I like playing Pai Gow, but it can be lonely. Walk through just about any Vegas casino and you’ll do some work to spot the Pai Gow table(s). This “Americanized” version of an ancient Chinese game isn’t as popular as it should be.

Pai Gow is growing among gamblers, but in the real world of limited floor space, it still takes a backseat to Craps, Blackjack, Roulette, and even Three-Card Poker. I think many players stay away, because the name of the game confuses them. Pai Gow just sounds intimidating, but it isn’t.

I’ll submit to you that learning to play Pai Gow is fairly straightforward and simple. If you learn to play, I’ll bet that you’ll be having a lot of fun with the game right out of the gate.

The Pai Gow Table

Pai Gow is played on a table that’s similar to Blackjack. So, if you play Blackjack, this should make it more comfortable for you to start. The game has six seats for six players and the dealer spot, which is at the top of the table just like Blackjack.

Each player’s spot has three game areas, which are vertically one after the other. The first game area is where you put your wagers and this spot is on the top. Next, you have two areas for your cards. You see, once you get your cards, you’ll split them into two hands-this is where the magic happens.

The two card areas in Pai Gow are for your highest hand-bottom game area-and the 2nd highest. These are two hands that you’ll create. This is where strategy plays in and we’ll go over all of this in other Pai Gow articles on this site. Right now, let’s just concentrate on some simple basics and build a good foundation for enjoying this fun game.

Quick Play Information

I’m not going to run down play in detail here, but I will in other articles on this site. Let’s go over the general play flow of Pai Gow.

Pai Gow is played with a regular 52-card deck, like Blackjack can be, but there’s one change. Pai Gow uses one joker card. If you’ve played poker or video poker, you’re already set, because the winning hands work pretty much the same way-we’ll go over this and the couple of differences in another article.

Even though there are other players in the game (possibly), everyone is playing against the dealer-just like in Blackjack. You’re betting that your hands will beat the banker’s hands.

Ah, now here’s where we need to pause. I said the banker’s hand. Unlike Blackjack, players can get the opportunity to be the banker. As a player, you can accept or decline when it’s your turn to be the bank. But, again, I’ll go over this in more detail in another article.

Get Excited

I hope you’re curiosity is up just a little. Pai Gow is an exciting game to play and I’ll be teaching all the ins and outs on this site.

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Asian Online Casino Games (Page 1 of 2)

July 20, 2019   Personal game   No comments

Asian online casino games are now played over the Internet with an incredible choices to those more frequently played casino games like poker, slots, blackjack.

Although some of these games were unknown to European and American online casino visitors, the rise of the online casino has seen a sudden increase in popularity for these unique games to give a taste of the orient to you online casino games lists.

PAI GOW POKER Pai Gow Poker meaning “Make 9” is the crossbreed of Chines tiles game and American 7 card-stud poker. Pai Gow Poker is the most primeval game that are now at your fingertips at online casinos.

Pai Gow Poker is played as a poker style with 53 card deck, it is included with 1 Joker card. The Joker is a “wild card” and can only be used as an ace or when completing a flush, a straight flush.

There are seven cards are dealt to each player from which they must make 2 hands, one of the two cards are in low hands and one of fibve cards are in a high hand. You have to beat the banker with both hands.

If one of the player’s hands beats the dealer’s, but the other does not, the result is a tie and no money changes hands. SIC BO Sic Bo, meaning Dice bowl or Pair Of Dice is a plain and sailin’ dice game. The aim kof the game Sic Bo is to predict the individual numbers, or combination of numbers, that will appear on the dice following the “throw”.

Like the game of craps, Sic Bo is played with three dice and all bets get settled in one roll. Bets are placed on the total of the three dice rolled or on dice combinations like doubles and triples. Payouts are made at the odds given.

Players can bet on whether the total will be odd or even, whether specific doubles or triples will appear in the dice roll, whether specific combination will appear and much more.

FAN TAN Fan tan is also known as card dominoes, sevens or parliament. To play Fan Tan, the center of the table is either marked with a square board. The sides are labeled 1, 2, 3, and 4. There is a banker, called a “Tan Kun”.

The players place their bets on any numbers, after which the Tan Kun rings a bell to cut off the betting and empties onto the table a double handful of small coins, beans, buttons, or other small objects, which he covers with a metal bowl.

The Tan Kun removes the metal bowl and, using a stick and removes the buttons four at a time. This continues until no more than four buttons remain. If the last group has four buttons, the bet on “4” wins. If three are left, the bet on “3” wins, and the same for two and one.

MAHJONG Mahjong was developed by Confucius around the 500 BC. The game was introduced in United States during the 1920s and soon was accepted and get famous.

The American version of Mahjong was evolved in 1930s and played in America. As the game expands, the National Mahjong League was founded.

Nowadays, Mahjong is a game of skill that has become one of the most sought after online casino games. In each game, the player is dealt tiles with a series of detailed symbols drawn on them.

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