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Fortune Pai Gow Poker is played with a standard 52 card deck, including a Joker, for a total of 53 cards.

The rank of each card used in Fortune Pai Gow Poker, in order of highest to lowest rank, shall be: Ace, King, Queen, Jack, Ten, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2. Ace also may play as the lowest card in the straight Ace, 2, 3, 4, 5. The Joker may be used as any type of card to complete a straight, flush, straight flush, or must otherwise only be used as an Ace.

The hand rankings for the game of Fortune Pai Gow Poker, in order of highest to lowest are as follows:

• 7 Card Straight Flush (no Joker) A hand that consists of seven cards of the same suit in consecutive ranking that does not utilize a joker. An ace, king, queen, jack, 10, 9, and 8 is the highest ranked 7 card Straight Flush (No Joker) hand and a 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and ace is the lowest ranked
• 7 Card Straight Flush (No Joker) hand. Royal Flush + Royal Match A hand that consists of ace, king, queen, jack, and 10 suited and king and queen suited
• 7 Card Straight Flush (With Joker) A hand that consists of seven cards of the same suit in consecutive ranking that utilizes a joker. An ace, king, queen, jack, 10, 9, and 8 is the highest ranked 7 Card Straight Flush (With Joker) hand, with one of those cards being substituted with a joker, and a 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and ace is the lowest ranked 7 Card Straight Flush (With Joker) hand, with one of those cards being substituted for a joker.
• Five Aces A hand that consists of five cards containing all aces
• Royal Flush  A hand that consists of an ace, king, queen, jack and 10 of the same suit
• Straight Flush A hand that consists of five cards of the same suit in consecutive ranking. A king, queen, jack, 10, and 9 is the highest ranked Straight Flush and a 5, 4, 3, 2, and ace is the lowest ranked Straight Flush.
• Four of a Kind  A hand that consists of four cards of the same rank. Four aces is the highest ranked Four of a Kind and four 2’s is the lowest ranked Four of a Kind
• Full House A hand that consists of a Three of a Kind and a Pair. Three aces and two kings is the highest ranked Full House and three 2’s and two 3’s is the lowest ranked Full House
• Flush A hand that consists of five cards of the same suit, but that are not in consecutive ranking. An ace, king, queen, jack and 9 is the highest ranked Flush and a 7, 5, 4, 3, 2 is the lowest ranked Flush.
• Straight A hand that consists of five cards that are in consecutive ranking, but that are not the same suit. An ace, king, queen, jack and 10 is the highest ranked Straight and a 5, 4, 3, 2 and ace is the lowest ranked Straight.
• Three of a Kind  A hand that consists of three cards of the same rank. Three aces is the highest ranked Three of a Kind and three 2’s is the lowest ranked Three of a Kind.
• Two Pairs  A hand that consists of two pairs. Two aces and Two kings is the highest ranked Two Pairs and two 3’s and two 2’s is the lowest ranked Two Pairs
• One Pair  A hand that consists of two cards of the same rank. Two aces is the highest ranked Pair and two 2’s is the lowest ranked Pair.
• High Card  A hand that consists of five cards that do not make any of the hands listed above. An ace, king, queen, jack, and 9 is the highest ranked High Card hand and 7, 5, 4, 3, and 2 is the lowest ranked High Card hand.

Fortune Pai Gow Poker is played on a table which seats a maximum of seven players.

Players may place wagers bearing in mind the posted table minimum and maximum. Players must make a Fortune Pai Gow Poker game wager and will then have the option to make a Fortune Bonus Bet wager as well.

Each player puts up any bets they wish to place for the next hand. Players have the option of placing a Fortune Bonus Bet wager at this time as well. The cardroom dealer will then follow the dealing procedures and standards of play, as described above.

Once the cards have been distributed, each player shall set their hands by arranging the seven cards into a two card hand and a five card hand. The two card hand is placed above the five card hand, and the five card hand must rank higher than the two card hand, according to the ranking of hands.

When all the players’ hands have been set, the dealer exposes the Designated Player’s hand and sets it according to the “House Way” as described below:

• No Pair  The second and third high cards will be placed in the Low hand; the highest and all remaining cards will be placed in the High Hand.
• One Pair Use the highest two single cards in the Low Hand; place the pair and all remaining cards in the High Hand. Two Pairs If high pair is Aces, Kings, Queens – always split. If high pair is Jacks, 10’s, 9’s, – split unless Ace is front. If high pair is 8’s, 7’s, 6’s – split unless King is front. If high pair is 5’s, 4’s, 3’s – split unless Queen in front.
• Three Pairs  Put highest pair in front. Three of a kind If Aces – always split. If Kings and below – never split. If two sets of three of a kind – split highest set.
• Straight, Flush, Straight Flush With no pair – always play the complete hand. With one pair – always play the complete hand. With two pairs – play according to two pairs strategy. With three of a kind – play complete hand in back, pair in front. If straight, flush, and/or straight flush – put the two highest cards in front that will leave any complete hand behind.
• Full House Put the highest permissible pair in front.
• Four of a kind If Aces, Kings, Queens – always split. If Jacks, 10’s, 9’s – split unless King in front. If 8’s, 7’s, 6’s – split unless Queen in front. If 5’s and below – never split. If 4 of a kind with a pair – play complete hand behind.
• Five Aces Put pair of Aces in Front.

Once the Designated Player’s hands are set according to the “House Way”, each player’s hand is exposed, in turn, and compared to the Designated Player’s hands to determine the winners, losers, or tie hands.

Each Player’s five card hand will be compared to the Designated player’s five card hand, and each player’s two card hand will be compared to the Designated Player’s two card hand, in turn, starting with the “Action” button, to determine the winner according to the following criteria:

1. The Fortune Pai Gow Poker game wager wins if the two card hand and the five card hand held by the player ranks higher than the Designated Player’s two card hand and five card hand. Winning Fortune Pai Gow Poker game wagers are paid 1 to 1.
2. The Fortune Pai Gow Poker game wager loses if the two card hand and the five card hand held by the player ranks lower than the Designated Player’s two card hand and five card hand.
3. The Fortune Pai Gow Poker game wager “pushes” if one of the hands held by the player ranks higher than the Designated Player’s corresponding hand, and the player’s other hand ranks lower than the Designated Player’s corresponding hand. In this case, neither the player nor the Designated Player wins or loses; the wager is a “push” and is returned to the player.
4. If one hand is identical in rank to the Designated Player’s hand, it is a “copy hand.” The Designated Player wins all “copy hands.” The pai gow wager will push should the Players hand contain a “copy hand” and a subsequent winning hand. The pai gow wager shall lose when the players hand contains a “copy hand” and a subsequent losing hand.

The Fortune Bonus bet considers the best hand possible among the player’s seven cards and does not take into consideration how the five card hand and two card hand were divided. The hand ranking for the Fortune Bonus bet will coincide with the bonus pay table.

The Designated Player position rotation is offered in a clockwise motion every hand among all eligible Designated Players. Players will notify a staff member if they choose to be a Designated Player.

The Joker can be used as an ace, or to complete a straight, flush, or straight flush on the Fortune Bonus Bet.

The Designated Player pays qualifying Fortune Bonus Bet wagers from his or her own chip stack only if the Designated Player’s seven card Fortune Pai Gow Bonus hand loses to the player’s seven card Fortune Pai Gow Bonus hand. Wagers are collected or paid, to the extent that the Designated Player’s wager covers. Once the Designated Player’s wager has been exhausted, or the table maximum payout has been reached, the wagers not covered by the Designated Player shall be returned to the respective players. Fortune Bonus Bet will have a max aggregated payout of $50,000 per betting spot per hand.

Fortune Bonus Bet Pay Table Hand Payout:

• 7 Card Straight Flush – 5,000 to 1
• Royal Flush + Royal Match – 2,000 to 1
• 7 Card Straight Flush with Joker -1,000 to 1
• 5 Aces – 400 to 1
• Royal Flush – 150 to 1
• Straight Flush – 50 to 1
• 4 of a Kind – 25 to 1
• Full House – 5 to 1
• Flush – 4 to 1
• 3 of a Kind – 3 to 1
• Straight – 2 to 1

Rake is collected before cards are dealt. It is paid by the Designated Player, at a rate determined by the cardroom and posted at the table.

The Designated Player Requirements:

Must provide $30,000 per table for initial operational start up and maintain $30,000 in play per hand.

See designated player Rules in poker room.

Per Florida Regulation 61D-11.002(5)(b): In 3-Card Poker, Ultimate Texas Holdem,Fortune Pai Gow, and One Card Poker the dealer button will rotate around the table in a clockwise fashion on a hand by hand basis to provide each player desiring to the designated player an equal opportunity to participate as the designated player.

60. Per Florida Regulation 61D-11.002(5)(c): In 3-Card Poker, Ultimate Texas Holdem,2 Card Poker, and One Card Poker, the room does not require the designated player to cover all potential wagers.

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“Pai Gow” is a Chinese game played with a set of 32 Chinese dominoes. It is played openly in major casinos in China including Macau; the United States prominently in Las Vegas, Nevada; Australia and New Zealand. Pai gow poker also called double-hand poker is an American version of Pai Gow (developed by Sam Torosian in 1980) and is played with standard 52 card deck bearing poker hand values. Thus Pai Gow Poker is a kind of wedlock between cards and dominoes.

Pai gow, the oldest of the casino games easily pre-dates roulette and baccarat. The concept is the same as pai gow poker, where both player and banker make high and low hands, and then compare against each other. What makes pai gow to understand is the order of hands and tiles seems to memorize.

Tiles, Pairs and Hand Ranking in Pai Gow

The Gong Tile

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. If a Day or Teen tile is used with an eight, the pair is worth ten instead of the usual zero. This is called a Gong.

Wong Tile

If a Day or Teen tile is used with a nine, the hand is worth eleven instead of one. This is called a Wong. But a Day or Teen tile used with a ten is only worth two, not twelve; this is because only eights and nines can be combined with Days or Teens for higher values.

Gee Joon Tile

The 1-2 and the 2-4 tiles are called Gee Joon tiles (or sometimes called wildcards). Either tile can count as 3 or 6, whichever scores more. So a 1-2 tile can be used with a 5-6 tile to make a hand worth seven points, rather than four.

Rules for Pai Gow Tile

• All tiles must be kept on the table. A player may not show his/her tiles to or discuss them with any other player at any time while the game is in play.
• The casino dealer shuffles the tiles thoroughly and stacks them in rows, with four tiles in row.
• The total count of dice points showing, after the dice cup is opened, determines which seated player receives his/her tiles and action first. The table positions are determined with the player-dealer designated as seat one and proceeds counter clockwise from the player-dealer. The player-dealer receives his/her tiles first when the dice points total, nine (9) or seventeen (17). When the player-dealer receives his/her tiles first, the player to his/her right receives action first.
• All bets must be placed before the dice cup is opened.
• The casino dealer deals four tiles to every seat, regardless of whether a bet has been made at each seat. The casino dealer retrieves tiles dealt to empty seats, placing them in an area in front of his/her dealer tray.
• Players set their tiles into two hands, creating the best hands possible. Both hands are placed in front of players’ bets. Players may, if they wish, leave all four tiles flat down/in one stack, in which case the casino sets them in the “House” way.
• The player-dealer button must cover the player-dealer’s tiles until all of the opposing players have set their hands. Once the opposing players have set their hands, the player-dealer may set his/her hand
• Once player-dealer’s hand is set, the casino dealer will turn over each player’s hand to compare against the player-dealer, beginning with the player who has the action button and proceeding counter clockwise. The casino dealer declares whether each hand is a winning, losing or “push” hand.
• If a player wins, the casino dealer leaves the tiles two by two in the shape of the letter “T,” in front of the player’s spot.
• If a player loses, the casino dealer brings the losing bet forward in front of the betting circle (stacking one tile on top of the other three tiles).
• If a player pushes, the casino dealer leaves the money alone, but brings the tiles toward the casino dealer’s tray.
• Each player is allowed to shake the dice 6 times per round.
• The first bank must bank at least 40% of the live action (including corporation action buy) to be able to make the decision on setting the bank hand. For example: Front bank $1,000, Second bank covers behind. If the action is more than $2,500, the second bank makes decision, if the action is less than $2,500, the front bank makes decision, and if is exactly $2,500 action, the front bank makes decision.

Hand Ranking

Pai gow is loosely translated as “make nine” or “card nine”. That means the best a hand can score is nine. To find the value of a hand, simply add the total number of pips on the two tiles, and drop tenth place. So for instance, a 1-3 tile (a tile with one pip on one end and three pips on the other, for a total of four pips) used with a 2-3 tile (with five total pips) will score nine, since four plus five is nine. A 2-3 tile with a 5-6 tile will score six, and not sixteen, as the “1” in “16” is dropped. And a 5-5 tile with a 4-6 tile will score zero, since ten plus ten is twenty, and twenty reduces to zero when the tens place is dropped.

The goal of the game is for the seated player to make two hands; out of the four tiles they receive that rank higher than the player-dealer. The seated player wins if both of his/her hands rank higher than the player-dealer hands. In situations where one hand is ranked higher and the other is lower, it is called a “push” and both the player-dealer’s and the opponent’s bets are returned. The player-dealer wins in all situations where the both of the opponent’s hands are identical to his/her own.

Pai Gow Poker

Pai Go Poker is relatively slow-paced game and appeals to players who prefer more leisurely games. Basically, up to seven players receive seven cards apiece out of a deck of 52 cards plus one joker which is used as an ace, or to complete a straight or any flush.

The Rules for Pai Gow Poker

• A single 53-card deck is used, consisting of the usual 52 cards, plus one joker.
• The joker is semi-wild. It may be used as an ace, or to complete a straight, flush, or straight flush, or royal flush. After the player makes a bet, the dealer will deal the player and himself seven cards each.
• Standard poker ranking rules are followed with one strange exception — the A2345 straight (known as “the wheel”) is considered the second highest straight though some casinos have dropped this rule.
• The player will separate his seven cards into a five-card high hand, and two-card low hand. The high hand must be of higher poker value than the low hand.
• The five-card hand is ranked according to conventional poker rules. The only poker hand in the two-card hand is a pair or no pair, after which the individual cards determine the value.
• After the player has set his hand, the dealer will turn over his cards and divide his hand in the same manner, according to specified rules known as the “house way.”
• The two high hands will be compared, and the two low hands, the hand with the higher poker value winnings. If the event of a tie, like both two-card hands are ace/king, then the tie has go to the “banker.”
• If the player wins both comparisons, then the player will win even money on his bet, less a 5% commission. If the player wins one and loses one, then the bet shall push. If the player loses or ties both, then the player shall lose his wager.
• Unlike most casino games, the player may bet against the dealer, and other players in pai gow poker. This is known as “banking.”
• The turn to act as banker is supposed to rotate around the table, but at some casinos it zig-zags between the dealer and each player in turn.
• The player may always decline to bank (which usually happens), in which case the option will revert to the next player, or dealer.

Hand rankings

• The only two-card hands are one pair and high cards.
• Five-card hands use standard poker hand rankings with one exception: in most Nevada casinos, the hand A-2-3-4-5 ranks above a king-high straight, but below the ace-high straight A-K-Q-J-10. At most casinos in California and Michigan this rule doesn’t apply; the A-2-3-4-5 is the lowest possible straight.
• The joker plays as a bug, that is, in the five-card hand it can be used to complete a straight or flush if possible; otherwise it is an ace. In the two-card hand it always plays as an ace, except in several southern Californian casinos where the joker is completely wild.

The hand rankings are as follows (from highest to lowest):

Payout Schedule

The standard payout for any winning hand is simple – it is even money (1-to-1). In these situations, the House will take a fee of 5%. Of course, you also have the option of placing a Bonus Bet before the deal, at which point the criterion for determining the degree of a win on this Bonus Bet, if any, would be the entire seven-card hand you possess.

The following list indicates the hands that will win Bonus Bets, along with the exact odds of the payout on each of those hands:

7 Card Straight Flush — 8,000 to 1
Royal Flush plus a Pair of Deuces — 2,000 to 1
7 Card Straight Flush with a Joker — 1,000 to 1
Five Aces — 400 to 1
Royal Flush — 150 to 1
Straight Flush — 50 to 1
Four of a Kind — 25 to 1
Full House — 5 to 1
Flush — 4 to 1
Three of a Kind — 3 to 1
Straight — 2 to 1

Variants of Pai Gow Poker

There are a number of variations of pai gow poker that are popular in casino today. These variations were mainly formulated in 2004 – 2009.

Pai Gow Mania was the first variation to be created which allows for two side bets instead of the traditional one side bet per hand.

Fortune Pai Gow is another variation which allows players to make a side bet on a poker hand ranking of trips or better.

This is one of the most popular variations. Similar to fortune pai gow, is Emperors Challenge which also allows a side bet on a 7 card pai gow (no hand). The final variation of the game developed was Pai Gow progressive, which is the addition of a progressive jackpot to the pai gow table. This jackpot is the combined of $1 side bets placed by players during the play.

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Pai Gow Poker with Insurance

Pai Gow Insurance is a new version of Pai Gow Poker offered at Station Casinos in Las Vegas. This game first debuted at Red Rock in the summer of 2008 and has since grown in popularity. Pai Gow Insurance is played exactly like Pai Gow Poker; however, there is an optional side-bet which pays out if a player is dealt a Pai Gow hand. A Pai Gow hand means a non ranking hand (high card only) meaning no pairs, no straights, no flushes.

The payouts for Pai Gow Insurance are:

9 High Pai Gow – 100 to 1
10 High Pai Gow – 25 to 1
J High Pai Gow – 15 to 1
Q High Pai Gow – 7 to 1
K High Pai Gow – 5 to 1
A High Pai Gow – 3 to 1

Many Pai Gow Insurance tables also offer the fortune side bet. This is a seperate side-bet with the following pay-table:

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Pai Gow Insurance side-bets offered by Las Vegas Casinos are: Red Rock, Aliante Station, Palace Station, Boulder Station, Texas Station and Sunset Station. As of now there are no reputable or safe options for playing Pai Gow with an insurance side bet online at any other casino.

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