Pai Gow Dragon Hand
- Dragon hand: a hand dealt to an empty seat at the table in a live Pai Gow game. Four-of-a-kind: a poker hand that contains four cards of the same value. Full house: a hand composed of three cards of the same value and a pair of a different value.
- Commander, as officially titled by Wizards of the Coast (also known as Elder Dragon Highlander or EDH), is a casual multiplayer format for Magic: the Gathering. It is a Highlander-variant format with specific rules centered around a legendary creature called the commander.12 Created and popularized by fans,3 the Commander variant is usually played in casual Free-for-All multiplayer games.
In most Pai Gow games commission is charged for wins. In EZ Pai Gow no commission is charged on wins, but instead, there is a LOP hand (a specific hand that causes all other hands to push regardless of strength). In this game the LOP hand is the Dealer receiving a Queen High Pai Gow. But never fear. Place a wager on the Queen’s Dragon side bet and receive 50 to 1 when the Dealer receives the LOP hand.
The object of the game is for both of the Player’s two hands to rank higher than both of the Banker’s two hands. In EZ Pai Gow any Player may elect to be the banker in turn. The opportunity to bank will rotate from person to person, allowing the opportunity to bank once including the house. As a Banker, Players must have played a previous hand against the House Banker (to establish wager amount) and have sufficient money on the table to cover all winning bets of other players and dealer. Player Bankers pay 5% commission on NET wins.
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The Game is played with a traditional deck of 52 cards, plus a Joker. The Joker may only be used as an Ace or to complete a straight, flush, or straight flush.
The Dealer will give everyone seven cards. A set of dice or a randomly generated number determines which Player gets the first set of cards. The Players will then each arrange their seven cards into a five card hand (High Hand) and a two card hand (Low Hand). The five card hand is ranked as in traditional poker, with the exception that A-2-3-4-5 is the second highest straight. The two card hand will either be a pair or two individual cards. The highest two card hand is a pair of Aces and the lowest is a 2-3.
After all Players have arranged their hands the Banker arranges the House’s hands according to a set of fixed rules known as the “House Ways”. Then the Player’s five card hand is compared to the Dealer’s five card hand. Likewise, the Player’s two card hand is compared to the Dealer’s two card hand. The highest hand wins. To win both hands must win. To lose both hands must lose. If one hand wins and one loses, the hand pushes. If the hands match, it is a tie or “Copy”, and it goes to the Banker.
Dynasty EZ Pai Gow Side Bet
This exciting and fun filled side bet is a wager on the value of the Player’s hand. The pay table starts at 3 of a kind (Even though a straight pays less odds) and ends with a Natural Luhn Tao Wheel (A,2,3,4,5 No Joker) with AQ suited. The top payout is 2000 to 1. The side bet is complete with an Envy Bonus that kicks in at the Four of a Kind level.
Pai Gow Protection EZ Pai Gow Side Bet
This side bet is almost the opposite of the Dynasty side bet. Instead of betting on the value of the Player’s hand, the Pai Gow protection does exactly what it says: Protects against a Pai Gow. The payouts begin with Ace High Pai Gow for 3 to 1 and the top payout is 120 to 1.
Queen’s Dragon EZ Pai Gow Side Bet
In most Pai Gow games commission is charged for wins. In EZ Pai Gow no commission is charged on wins, but instead, there is a LOP hand (a specific hand that causes all other hands to push regardless of strength). In this game the LOP hand is the Dealer receiving a Queen High Pai Gow. But never fear. Place a wager on the Queen’s Dragon side bet and receive 50 to 1 when the Dealer receives the LOP hand.
Pai gow (Chinese: 牌九; pinyin: pái jiǔ; Jyutping: paai4 gau2) is a Chinesegamblinggame, played with a set of 32 Chinese dominoes. It is played in major casinos in China (including Macau); the United States (including Boston, Massachusetts; Las Vegas, Nevada; Reno, Nevada; Connecticut; Atlantic City, New Jersey; Pennsylvania; Mississippi; and cardrooms in California); Canada (including Edmonton, Alberta and Calgary, Alberta); Australia; and, New Zealand.
The name 'pai gow' is sometimes used to refer to a card game called pai gow poker (or “double-hand poker”), which is loosely based on pai gow.
Rules[edit]
Starting[edit]
Tiles are shuffled on the table and are arranged into eight face-down stacks of four tiles each in an assembly known as the woodpile. Individual stacks or tiles may then be moved in specific ways to rearrange the woodpile, after which the players place their bets.
Next, each player (including the dealer) is given one stack of tiles and must use them to form two hands of two tiles each. The hand with the lower value is called the front hand, and the hand with the higher value is called the rear hand. If a player's front hand beats the dealer's front hand, and the player's rear hand beats the dealer's rear hand, then that player wins the bet. If a player's front and rear hands both lose to the dealer's respective hands, the player loses the bet. If one hand wins and the other loses, the player is said to push, and gets back only the money he or she bet. Generally seven players will play, and each player's hands are compared only against the dealer's hands; comparisons are always front-front and rear-rear, never one of each.
There are 35,960 possible ways to select 4 of the 32 tiles when the 32 tiles are considered distinguishable. However, there are 3,620 distinct sets of 4 tiles when the tiles of a pair are considered indistinguishable. There are 496 ways to select 2 of the 32 tiles when the 32 tiles are considered distinguishable. There are 136 distinct hands (pairs of tiles) when the tiles of a pair are considered indistinguishable.
Basic scoring[edit]
The name 'pai gow' is loosely translated as 'make nine' or 'card nine'. This reflects the fact that, with a few high-scoring exceptions, the maximum score for a hand is nine. If a hand consists of two tiles that do not form a pair, its value is determined by adding up the total number of pips on the tiles and dropping the tens digit (if any). Examples:
- 1–3 with 2-3: value 9 (nine pips altogether)
- 2–3 with 5-6: value 6 (16 pips; drop the 10)
- 5–5 with 4-6: value 0 (20 pips; ones digit is zero)
Gongs and Wongs[edit]
There are special ways in which a hand can score more than nine points. The double-one tiles and double-six tiles are known as the Day and Teen tiles, respectively. The combination of a Day or Teen with an eight results in a Gong, worth 10 points, while putting either of them with a nine creates a Wong, worth 11. However, when a Day or Teen is paired with any other tile, the standard scoring rules apply.
Gee Joon tiles[edit]
The 1-2 and the 2-4 tiles are called Gee Joon tiles and act as limited wild cards. When used as part of a hand, these tiles may be scored as either 3 or 6, whichever results in a higher hand value. For example, a hand of 1-2 and 5-6 scores as seven rather than four.
Pairs[edit]
The 32 tiles in a Chinese dominoes set can be arranged into 16 pairs, as shown in the picture at the top of this article. Eleven of these pairs have identical tiles, and five of these pairs are made up of two tiles that score the same, but look different. (The latter group includes the Gee Joon tiles, which can score the same, whether as three or six.) Any hand consisting of a pair outscores a non-pair, regardless of the pip counts. (Pairs are often thought of as being worth 12 points each.)
When the player and dealer both have a pair, the higher-ranked pair wins. Ranking is determined not by the sum of the tiles' pips, but rather by aesthetics; the order must be memorized. The highest pairs are the Gee Joon tiles, the Teens, the Days, and the red eights. The lowest pairs are the mismatched nines, eights, sevens, and fives.
Ties[edit]
When the player and dealer display hands with the same score, the one with the highest-valued tile (based on the pair rankings described above) is the winner. For example, a player's hand of 3-4 and 2-2 and a dealer's hand of 5-6 and 5-5 would each score one point. However, since the dealer's 5-5 outranks the other three tiles, he would win the hand.
If the scores are tied, and if the player and dealer each have an identical highest-ranking tile, the hand is ruled a copy and the dealer wins. For example, if the player held 2-2 and 1–6, and the dealer held 2-2 and 3–4, the dealer would win since the scores (1 each) and the higher tiles (2-2) are the same. The lower-ranked tile in each hand is never used to break a tie.
There are two exceptions to the method described above. First, although the Gee Joon tiles form the highest-ranking pair, they are considered to have no value when evaluating ties. Second, any zero-zero tie is won by the dealer, regardless of the tiles in the two hands.
Strategy[edit]
The key element of pai gow strategy is to present the optimal front and rear hands based on the tiles dealt to the player. There are three ways to arrange four tiles into two hands when no two of them form a pair. However, if there is at least one pair among the tiles, there are only two distinct ways to form two hands.
Using the tiles shown at right, the following hands and scores are possible:
- A and B (0), C and D (0)
- A and C (5), B and D (5)
- A and D (3), B and C (7)
The player must decide which combination is most likely to give a set of front/rear hands that can beat the dealer, or at least break a tie in the player's favor. In some cases, a player with weaker tiles may deliberately attempt to attain a push so as to avoid losing the bet outright. Many players rely on superstition or tradition to choose tile pairings.
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