Pai Gow Poker is one of the games, which is offered at online casinos today. It has some similar features with poker as well as some differences, which make the game unique and outstanding in a way. Pai Gow online is pretty easy to play though it is necessary to be aware of some existing peculiarities in order to win more. Are you ready to learn more about this game?

In fact, Pai Gow Poker has ancient roots and long history. It was firstly played in China, but nobody knows when it happened. However, the rules of Pai Gow at that time were different from modern ones. People used dominoes, which were united into four groups and one person threw the dice to determine who would receive domino tiles. However, within a certain period of time the rules changed and in 19th century already people in China played Pai Gow which is closer to the modern one. From China it moved to another countries, but the USA saw this game only in 1980s. It started in California, as this was the place where Chinese immigrants went to work. In Las Vegas it was introduced only in 1987. Certainly today you won’t experience any problems with finding a place to play Pai Gow, as it is available at every online casino.

Pai Gow online you will find at the section “Specialty Games” and before starting to play it, we recommend you to read the rules. So at the beginning of the game you place an usual ante bet and then press the button “Deal”. After it you as well as a dealer will get seven cards. What should you do next? Your task is to divide the cards into two hands. The first hand, which is called high or front hand should consist of five cards. This hand is really close to a poker one, as your aim is to get a good poker combination there with Royal Flash as the best one. As for the second hand, it will consist of two cards only. This two-card hand is called low or behind hand. It should also have a good combination if you want to win. But in this case only high cards or a pair is possible.

You should divide the cards into hands so that every one contains a good combination. And certainly, a high hand should have a better combination than a low one. In any other case they are both will be invalid. However, playing online you will never make a mistake as you will see a warning at the screen. Moreover, you are always welcome to use the option “House Way”. In this case an online casino will automatically divide the cards into two hands, but we suppose that in this case the game will lose its attractiveness.

So when you complete both hands, then a dealer opens his ones and compare them. Three possible outcomes may happen:

* you lose if both hands are worse than dealer’s ones
* you win if both hands are better. The payout is 1:1 with subtraction of 5% commission
* a push happens when one hand loses and one wins. In this case a bet is returned to you.

So if you are interested, you can start playing it right now. And if you are afraid to play it with real money, then you may do it for fun at the beginning. Anyway, we believe that you will like the game and will find it pretty exciting and interesting.