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Let us discover some different forms of poker other than holdem, seven card stud, 5 card draw and omaha/8. Yes, double-hand poker. Now you must be thinking that double-hand sounds a bit Chinese; yes you’re right, this casino game is a mixture of the Chinese game pai gow and poker
Certainly this is not one of the highly acclaimed varieties of poker but still widely played. It can be played by up to seven players. It’s played with 1 deck of 52 cards, with a joker. Interestingly, the Joker can only be used as an ace, or to finish off a straight, a flush, a straight flush, or royal flush. The critical aspect here to clearly recall is apart from the usual ranking of hands we’ve one more winning hand which is "Five Aces" (five aces including the joker). Surprisingly, five aces defeats all other hand yes, even a royal flush. Every player is dealt 7 cards. These cards are aligned to make two hands; a two card hand and a five card hand. The five card hand must be better or be equal to the 2 card hand.
After setting up the 2 hands, the cards are laid on the poker table face down. Once on the table, you cannot switch them. The dealer will flip over his cards and make their hands. Every competitors hand is compared to the croupier’s hands. Should the player take 1 hand and loses the other, this is known as "push" and absolutely no cash is exchanged. If dealer wins the two hands then the gambler looses their bet the opposite is true if the player wins both hands. Now if the hand is a tie, the dealer wins all. After the hand is played, the next person clock-wise gets to be the croupier and the following hand is dealt.