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For online casino customers who enjoy engaging in "specialty" games, there aren't too many of them that are more popular than Pai Gow game, and Real Time Gaming (RTG) knows it, so they have created a version of it that will certainly satisfy those people who are perhaps used to playing this game at a land-based casino.
Pai Gow Poker, which has its roots in Chinese gambling games that used tiles instead of cards, is a form of poker that is played with a 53-card deck that consists of the standard 52 cards that you'll see in a deck, plus the Joker. What happens in this game is that the player starts out making what is called an "ante" bet. Then he or she gets seven cards at the beginning, and those cards must be split into a hand of five cards, which is known as the "High Hand," and a hand of two cards, which is called the "Low Hand." You'll see that there are spaces for those hands on the table.
What you want to achieve here is a better five-card hand AND two-card hand that that of the dealer. If you split the hands, you get a "push" (tie). When the Joker comes up, it can be used to complete a straight flush, straight or five-card flush. Otherwise, it will be considered the same way an Ace is.
Remember the player goes up against the house, which always functions as the "banker," and the house wins all ties on the hands themselves. When you win on a round of play, you are deducted a 5% commission by the house.
When you play Pai Gow Poker in a brick and mortar establishment, there is room for six players at the table. Here, in the RTG version, it is not so much a community game as you are competing against the house on a one-on-one basis.
The controls in this game are easy enough; You click "Deal" when you want to start playing another game. You can click the "Split" button to execute the actual splitting up of the seven cards into two separate hands, by simply selecting the cards. It is possible to drag the cards as well. Either way, you're not going to be in doubt as to how to go about doing what is required.
It is quite possible, since the phenomenon of online gaming actually creates new gaming customers, that some people will be coming to Pai Gow Poker for the first time via the online version, and RTG unquestionably had those people in mind when they designed their Pai Gow game. There are help files that are only a click away, if you encounter any particularly rough sports, and the user-friendly interface does not make you do any more work than is absolutely necessary.
What you're also going to notice about RTG software is that the cards are designed so that they are crisp and clear, and never hard to see. Neither are the table limits, which are usually $5 for the minimum bet and $200 for the maximum, although those might differ according to what casino you use, and the other components of this game, including the chips, the options, the commission, your running total, etc.
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Game Rating Details: 8.00 / 10
| Software | 8 |
| Easy to Understand | 8 |
| Graphics & Sounds | 8 |
| Game Speed | 8 |
| Theme and Concept | 8 |
| Game Features | 8 |
| Betting Options | 8 |
| Jackpots | 8 |
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