pai gow poker

There are some ways a player to lower the house edge in Pai Gow poker. Most often the players that are new in the game hurt their odds when they don't completely understand the basics. Read the following tips and you will have a little more success when stepping up to a Pai Gow table next time. Bank Whenever Possible Rule number 1: Bank any time you get the opportunity when playing Pai Gow poker. The bank wins when hands are copied, which slides the odds in the banker's favor by 1% to 2%. The hitch to banking is the need for a bankroll. The wagers of all the players at the table must be covered by the banker. That’s why many players avoid banking. But remember that in order to lower the negative expectation to 0, it is best to bet as much as possible when banking, and as little as possible when playing as an ordinary player. As a banker you may bet from 6 to 14 times the amount than if you don’t bank like the risk is almost equal. You may suffer loses in the short term but in the long term – this events the odds considerably. Usually most of the casinos limit the amount of hands a player is able to bank like the banker duties begin with the dealer and the move around the table. In case a player doesn’t want to bank the opportunity is given to the player who is next. Most often a player will be allowed to bank up to 2 hands in a row. So the best option for you is to find a table where there are not other players and a dealer so you can be able to bank every other hand. Use your cards to build the best front hand Tha Pai Gow players with a little experience usually forget that the front hand is important as the rear one. Very often an inexperienced player will pay bigger attention to his/her rear hand and and will try to build the five card hand’s strength to the exclusion of the front 2 cards hand. The best option is always to find the most optimized combination that will give you good odds to win both the front and the rear hands. But in the same time do not forget that front hand can not be stronger than the rear hand as the cards it is consisted of are 2 compared to 5. A Full House is not good to be played RULE: A full house should never be played as the upper hand as this will leave a simple high card for the front hand, which almost certainly means that the player will push. A way better option is to play the three of a kind for the rear hand and the two of a kind for the front one. This way both hands have a high chance to win. How to play your cards when you have 3 pairs. When a player holds three pairs at first, it is best to play the highest pair for the front hand as any two pairs give a player a good chance to win the rear hand anyway. So when playing the highest pair on for the front hand you increase your chances of beating any potential pair the dealer might play. This is the most optimized strategy in this case.