Pai Gow Tips
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The game of pai gow poker has some
basic strategy guidelines to follow;
If you hold; play your pai gow poker hand this way;
No pairs, no straight, no flush;
- 2 - use your second and third highest
card
- 5 - use your highest card
A pair, no pairs, no flush;
- 2 - use your two highest single cards
- 5 - use the pair
Two pair; if you have a single ace, use the
ace in the two-card hand and keep the pairs together in the five-card
hand.
Otherwise split the pairs as follows;
- 2 - use the lower pair
- 5 - use the higher pair
Three pair;
- 2 - use the highest pair
- 5 - use the second and third highest
pairs
Straight and two pair play as two pair,
ignore the straight
Five-card straight;
- 2 - use the two cards not in the
straight
- 5 - use the straight
Six-card straight;
- 2 - use the two highest cards that you
can
- 5 - use the remaining straight
Flush and two pair play as two pair, ignore
the flush other flush;
- 2 - play the highest cards in this
hand without breaking up the flush
- 5 - flush
Full house;
- 2 - use the pair
- 5 - use the three of a kind
The best way to get an edge in
pai gow
poker is to be the banker. This is due to the fact that the pai gow
poker banker wins all copies. Player's are usually allowed to bank in pai
gow poker for one or two consecutive hands before passing the role on
to the next player. The amount of money that the pai gow poker
banker will be risking is limited to what the banker places on the pai
gow poker table. The banker may be expected to place enough money on
the table to cover all of the player bets, or the banker may be allowed to
risk less than what the players in total wish to bet.
House Edge
The house advantage in pai gow poker depends on both your skill in
arranging your hand and in the ratio of betting action as the banker to
the player. The pai gow poker house edge also depends on whether or
not you count ties as money bet. The following table shows the probability
distribution of outcomes according to both the player using the house way
and the player using optimal strategy in pai gow poker.
Possible Outcomes in pai gow poker;
| Outcome |
Probability |
| Player wins both |
28.55% |
| Tie |
41.47% |
| Banker wins both |
29.98% |
Based
on this table the following table shows the pai gow poker house edge
for playing as the banker, player, and combined. This table assumes a one on
one game. House Edge in pai gow poker;
| Status |
House Edge |
| Player |
2.86% |
| Banker |
0.01% |
| Combined |
1.46% |
The probability that the front hands will copy in pai gow poker is
2.55%.
The probability that the back hands will copy in pai gow poker is
0.32%.
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