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Let’s discover some alternate forms of poker other than texas hold’em, five card stud, 5 card draw and omaha hi-low. Yes, double-hand poker. Now you might be wondering that double-hand sounds a bit Chinese; well you’re correct, this card game is a mixture of the Chinese game pai gow and our own us poker
Absolutely this is not one of the most acclaimed forms of poker but still widely played. It can be played by up to seven players. It is played with 1 deck of cards, including a joker. Interestingly, joker can be used only as an ace, or to complete a straight, a flush, straight flush, or royal flush. The important aspect here to bear in mind is aside from the customary ranking of hands we have an additional winning hand that is "Five Aces" (four Aces and the Joker). Astonishingly, five aces defeats every other hand including royal flush. Each player is dealt 7 cards. The cards are aligned to create two hands; a two card hand and a 5 card hand. The five card hand has to rank higher or be equal to the 2 card hand.
After setting up the two hands, the cards are laid on the poker table face down. Once down, you are no longer allowed to touch them. The croupier will turn over his cards and arrange their hands. Every competitors hand is compared to the dealer’s hands. Should the player wins 1 hand and loses the other, this is known as "push" and absolutely no money is exchanged. If croupier wins the two hands then the player looses their bet and vice versa. Now if the hand is a tie, the croupier wins everything. After the hand is played, the next player clock-wise gets to be the croupier and the next hand is dealt.