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Gow poker is a westernized version of the Chinese dominoes game
Pai Gow. Players must arrange seven cards into two poker hands
- one five-card and one two-card hand, so that each hand beats
the dealer's corresponding hand.
Rules
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Gow poker uses a one deck shoe which is reshuffled after each
hand.
The
deck includes one joker. Joker is used to complete straights,
flushes and straight flushes only; otherwise it is used as an
ace.
Each
seven-card hand must be split into two hands, a five-card hand
(high hand) and a two-card hand (low hand). The five-card hand
must always rank higher than the two-card hand and it is calculated
according to a standard stud poker hand hierarchy. You must win
both hands to receive a payout. If both your hands are winners
then you win and on the contrary. Payout is 1:1 less 5% house
commission.
Any
combination of win and loss across both hands results in a push/tie.
In this case your bet is returned to you. All ties are in dealer's
favor. For example, if one of your hands loses to the dealer and
the other ties - you lose; if one hands wins and other pushes,
you push. In the event of an exact match between dealer and player
hands, the tie always goes to the dealer.
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