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Let’s discover some different forms of poker other than texas hold’em, five card stud, five card draw and omaha eight-or-better. Yes, double-hand poker. Now you might be thinking that double-hand sounds a little Chinese; yes you’re correct, this card game is a mixture of the Chinese game pai gow and poker
Absolutely this isn’t one of the highly acclaimed styles of poker but still commonly played. It can be played by up to seven players. It’s played with one deck of 52 cards, including a joker. Interestingly, the Joker can only be used as an ace, or to finish off a straight, flush, a straight flush, or royal flush. The essential element here to bear in mind is apart from the usual ranking of hands we have one more winning hand which is "Five Aces" (5 aces including the joker). Astonishingly, five aces is greater than every other hand yes, even a royal flush. Each player is dealt seven cards. The cards are aligned to create 2 hands; a two card hand and a five card hand. The 5 card hand has to rank higher or be equivalent to the 2 card hand.
After arranging the two hands, the cards are laid on the poker table face down. Once down, you can no longer switch them. The croupier will turn over their cards and assemble his hands. Every competitors hand is played against the croupier’s hands. Should the player take one hand and lose the other, this is referred to as "push" and no money is exchanged. If dealer wins the two hands then the gambler looses their bet the opposite is correct if the player wins both hands. Now if there is a draw, the croupier wins everything. Once the hand is played, the next player clock-wise becomes the dealer and the next hand is dealt.