Double-hand Poker Game Rules
Sunday, 20. June 2010
Let’s discover some alternate styles of poker other than Texas holdem, seven card stud, 5 card draw and omaha hold’em. Yes, double-hand poker. Now you might be thinking that double-hand sounds a bit Chinese; yes you are right, this card game is a mixture of the Chinese game pai gow and our very own us poker
Clearly this is not one of the most popular forms of poker but still commonly played. It can be played by up to 7 players. It’s played with one deck of cards, with a joker. Interestingly, the Joker can be used only as an ace, or to finish off a straight, a flush, straight flush, or royal flush. The critical thing here to remember is other than the normal ranking of hands we’ve an additional winning hand which is "Five Aces" (4 Aces and the Joker). Surprisingly, 5 aces beats all other hand yes, even a royal flush. Each player is dealt 7 cards. The cards are arranged to create two hands; a 2 card hand and a 5 card hand. The five card hand must rank higher or be equal to the two card hand.
After setting up the 2 hands, the cards are placed on the table face down. Once on the table, you cannot change them. The dealer will turn over their cards and make his hands. Every competitors hand is compared to the dealer’s hands. Should the player wins one hand and lose the other, this is referred to as "push" and no cash is lost or won. If croupier wins the two hands then the bettor looses their bet the opposite is correct if the player wins both hands. Now if the hand is a draw, the croupier wins everything. After the hand is competed, the next person clock-wise gets to be the dealer and the following hand is dealt.
Posted in Poker by Nyasia