Online Pai Gow Poker

Play a few free games of online Pai Gow Poker and you'll be astonished how easy and fun this game from the orient really is. A mix of luck and strategy makes online Pai Gow a truly exciting game. You really can’t go wrong with Pai Gow Poker!

How to Play Online Pai Gow Poker

In online Pai Gow Poker it’s purely between you and the Dealer. Online Pai Gow is played with a deck of 53 cards. The extra card is a Joker. The deck is shuffled after every game. The objective of online Pai Gow Poker is to form two separate hands from the seven cards dealt to you, and beat the Dealer's two hands with a deadly karate chop!

You and the Dealer are dealt seven cards that are divided into two hands, a Low Hand of two cards, and a High Hand of five cards. If your High Hand and your Low Hand separately, are higher than the Dealer's corresponding hands, you win. If only one of your hands beat the Dealer's corresponding hand, the game is a tie.

When playing Pai Gow Poker, you can choose to have the cards automatically arranged according to the House Way rules or manually arrange your cards.

To start playing a game of online Pai Gow Poker, you must do the following:

  1. Click the Chip Selector Increase ( + ) and Decrease ( - ) buttons to select the chip size you want to bet.
  2. Click the Betting Circle to select the amount you want to bet.
    • To increase your bet, click the chip pile you want to increase. The chip pile decreases by one chip.
    • To reduce or remove a bet, hold down the shift button on your keyboard. Click the bet you want to remove. The chip pile decreases by one chip.
  3. Click the Bonus Bet betting circle to place the Bonus bet.
  4. Click the Deal button. You and the Dealer are dealt seven cards.
  5. Click the two cards you want in the Low Hand.
    • If the value of the Low Hand is higher than the High Hand, the selection is invalid.
    • The system informs you if your Low Hand selection is invalid.
    • Click the House Way button to set the system to automatically select your Low Hand according to the House Rules.
  6. Click the Play button. The Dealer’s hands and your hands are compared.
    • If you have a winning hand you are paid according to the Online Pai Gow Poker Payout Schedule, the win amount is displayed in the Win box.
    • If you do not have a winning hand, the game is over and you can play again.

Online Pai Gow Poker Hands

HIGH HANDS

Five Aces Four Aces plus the joker
Royal Flush Ace, Queen, King, Jack, Ten in the same suit
Straight Flush Straight sequence of five cards in the same suit
Four of a Kind Four cards of the same number or face value
Full House Three cards of the same number or face value + two cards of another number or face value
Flush Five cards of the same suit
Straight A straight sequence of five cards in any same suit
Three of a Kind Three cards of the same number or face value
Two Pairs Two cards of the same number or face value + another two cards of same number or face value
One Pair Two cards of the same number or face value

LOW HANDS

One Pair Two cards of the same number or face value

HAND RULES IN ONLINE PAI GOW POKER

  1. The Low Hand cannot have a greater value than the High Hand.
  2. The Joker can only be used to complete a Straight, Flush, Straight Flush or Royal Flush.
  3. The Joker is considered equal to the value of an Ace, if used in conjunction with other Aces. So, you can use the Joker to make a pair with an Ace.
  4. If your cards do not contain any valid hands, the card of highest value must remain in the High Hand.
  5. If you and the Dealer both have high cards of the same value, the second highest value cards are compared.
  6. If your Low Hand value is equal to the Dealer’s, the Dealer wins.
  7. If your High Hand value is equal to the Dealer’s, the Dealer wins.
  8. If you and the Dealer have the same High Hand or the same Low Hand, it is called a Copy. The Dealer’s hand wins.
  9. If you win one hand and lose the other hand, the game is a Push. Your total bet is returned to you.
  10. A Straight completed by a Ten, Jack, Queen, King and Ace is the highest ranking Straight. An Ace, Two, Three, Four and Five is the second highest ranking Straight. All other Straight hand combinations are ranked according to their value, and the highest ranking Straight wins.

Online Pai Gow Bonus Bet

You only qualify for Bonus payouts if you place a Bonus bet. The Bonus bet is made at the beginning of a game, when the main bet is placed.

The Bonus payout is determined by the hand combination of the seven cards dealt, before they are split into your High Hand and Low Hand.

If you have a winning hand combination, the win is displayed in a banner with the winning combination and the payout odds. Your payout is displayed in the Win box at the end of the game.

For more information on the Bonus payouts, see the Online Pai Gow Poker Payout Schedule section.

Online Pai Gow Poker Payout Schedule

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