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Let’s become versed in some alternate styles of poker other than Texas holdem, seven card stud, 5 card draw and omaha hold’em. Yes, double-hand poker. Now you must be wondering that double-hand sounds a little Chinese; well you’re correct, this card game is a blending of the Chinese game pai gow and poker
Certainly this is not one of the most popular varieties of poker but still broadly played. It can be enjoyed by up to seven players. It’s played with 1 deck of cards, including a joker. Interestingly, the Joker can be used only as an ace, or to complete a straight, a flush, straight flush, or a royal flush. The critical detail here to clearly recall is aside from the typical ranking of hands we’ve an additional winning hand which is "Five Aces" (five aces including the joker). Surprisingly, five aces beats all other hand including royal flush. Each player is dealt seven cards. The cards are arranged to make two hands; a two card hand and a 5 card hand. The 5 card hand has to be better or be equivalent to the two card hand.
After setting up the two hands, the cards are placed on the poker table with the faces down. Once on the table, you can’t touch them. The dealer will flip over their cards and assemble his hands. Each players hand is played against the croupier’s hands. Should the player take 1 hand and loses the other, this is known as "push" and no cash is exchanged. If croupier wins the two hands then the gambler gives up their bet and vice versa. Now if the hand is a draw, the croupier wins all. Once the hand is played, the next person clock-wise becomes the dealer and the following hand is dealt.

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