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Pai Gow Poker is a card game played with a 53-card
deck consisting of a standard deck of 52 cards plus one Joker.
In this version of Pai Gow Poker, the banker (or house) always
plays as the dealer and covers all bets, and the player only
competes against the dealer. The player receives seven cards,
which must then be “set” or split into two poker hands:
a five-card hand and a two-card hand. Once split, the player’s
two hands are compared with the dealer’s two hands to determine
the winner.
The bank pays the winner—minus a 5% commission—and
the game ends. The commission is 5% of the bet and is rounded
up to the next quarter. For example, a minimum bet of $6 would
be a commission of 50 cents. (5% of $6 = 30 cents, but since
the commission is rounded up to the next 25 cents; the commission
is actually 50 cents. 5% of $11 = 55 cents, which makes the
actual commission 75 cents.)
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