Overview
Pai gow poker is played among up to seven players. One of the players is designated as the player-dealer. (indicated by a dealer button). Each player is dealt seven cards, which are arranged into two hands. One hand consists of five cards; the other hand consists of two cards. After players have arranged their hands so the five-card hand ranks higher than the two-card hand, the house dealer reveals and arranges the player-dealer’s hand.
Hands then compete, one at a time, as in a blackjack game, against the player-dealer hand. The player-dealer hand competes against player hands clockwise beginning with the hand in an order determined by the shaking of dice.
Double-hand uses poker rankings to compare the two player hands with the two hands of the player-dealer. The player wins if both hands beat those of the player-dealer; the player loses if both hands are beat by those of the player-dealer. If either hand ties that of the player-dealer, this is considered a win for the dealer. The player pushes (neither wins nor loses) if one hand wins and the other hand loses or ties.
Bankers Casino provides house dealers for all games but does not participate in the actual play of the game and has no interest in the outcome of play. No player ever plays against or makes a wager against Bankers Casino.