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After all the players have set their hands
and placed them on the layout, the dealer
will turn over his seven cards and set them
into a low and high hand. There are specific
house rules that the dealer must follow to
set his hands. Once the dealer sets his cards
into low and high hands, the dealer then turns
over the cards of each of the players' hands
and compares the rank of each to the dealer's
high and low hands.
In order to win your wager, your low hand
and high hand must both rank higher than the
dealer's low and high hands. If one of your
hands is higher in rank than the dealer's
and the other is lower, this is a tie and
your bet remains on the layout (e.g. your
high hand beats the dealer's high hand but
his low hand beats your low hand). A tie also
occurs if one of your hands is identical in
rank to the dealer's hand (this is known as
a copy hand) and the other hand is higher
than the dealer's respective hand. A player
will lose his or her wager under the following
situations
1. |
Both
player hands are lower in rank than
the dealer's respective hands. |
2. |
Both
player hands are copy hands. |
3. |
One
player hand is a copy hand and the
other hand is lower in rank than the
dealer's respective hands. |
4. |
The
player's high hand was set incorrectly
and does not rank higher than his
low hand. |
5. |
The
player does not set the hands properly;
for example, he forms a three-card
low
hand and a four-card high hand. |
Once
the dealer has determined if a player hand
wins, loses or is a push, the dealer will
collect all losing wagers, leave all tie wagers
on the layout and pay off all winning wagers
at 1-to-1 (if you bet $5 you win $5). In pai
gow poker, the casino collects a 5 percent
commission (or vigorish) from all winning
hands. This commission is collected by the
dealer at the time of the winning payoff.
Thus if you bet $5 and won, the dealer will
give you $5 for your win but you must then
give the dealer 25 cents (5 percent commission).
You do not pay any commission if your bet
loses or ties.
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