Pai Gow Poker

Four of a kind

Recently started up a pai gow table for players that did'nt want to play in a crazy cash table and they love it. Can't get enough of Pai gow. I used to play alot of it in vegas when badly steamed up...so as to limit the damage I could potentially cause myself

Anyways just to get the ball rolling I was the banker/house and set a min bet of €1 and max at €3. Had a full table of 6 players who after 5 mins of explaining the rules were frothing at the mouth to get gambling.

The rules I use are the same as in Vegas....namely your 5 card hand must beat your 2 card hand. Dealer/house must split pairs and one joker card is used which can be used to make a flush, straight or straight flush only, otherwise its used as an ace.

I don't use the house edge I.e(5% commision on all winning hands that the players win) nor do I use the bonus chip bet, which pays odds on players hitting two pair all the way up to a royal flush.

First session which lasted just over an hour I banked €40, then the following night I was banker again and lost €20.

Has anyone else ever tried to run a pai gow table game? Its obviously a game where you don't lose or win much. More of a cheap game where players are happy to buy in for a few bob and have abit of fun.

Alot of players at my games recently when knocked out of the tournament end up watching the cash game instead of playing it like they used to. This is as a result of the cash game been bananas. And I suppose its no fun to the players who don't have to money to throw away.

So now they want a pai gow table set up along side the cash game.

Would anyone know where I could find odds for pai gow bonus chip bets.....I can't seem to find anything and I don't remember what the odds were myself. Something like you get paid 2/1 on your money for hitting two pair etc.

Goodluck2me

Four of a kind wrote: »

Recently started up a pai gow table for players that did'nt want to play in a crazy cash table and they love it. Can't get enough of Pai gow. I used to play alot of it in vegas when badly steamed up...so as to limit the damage I could potentially cause myself

Anyways just to get the ball rolling I was the banker/house and set a min bet of €1 and max at €3. Had a full table of 6 players who after 5 mins of explaining the rules were frothing at the mouth to get gambling.

The rules I use are the same as in Vegas....namely your 5 card hand must beat your 2 card hand. Dealer/house must split pairs and one joker card is used which can be used to make a flush, straight or straight flush only, otherwise its used as an ace.

I don't use the house edge I.e(5% commision on all winning hands that the players win) nor do I use the bonus chip bet, which pays odds on players hitting two pair all the way up to a royal flush.

First session which lasted just over an hour I banked €40, then the following night I was banker again and lost €20.

Has anyone else ever tried to run a pai gow table game? Its obviously a game where you don't lose or win much. More of a cheap game where players are happy to buy in for a few bob and have abit of fun.

Alot of players at my games recently when knocked out of the tournament end up watching the cash game instead of playing it like they used to. This is as a result of the cash game been bananas. And I suppose its no fun to the players who don't have to money to throw away.

So now they want a pai gow table set up along side the cash game.

Would anyone know where I could find odds for pai gow bonus chip bets.....I can't seem to find anything and I don't remember what the odds were myself. Something like you get paid 2/1 on your money for hitting two pair etc.

played it in Vegas to pass the time for a while, good feeder gamble for new entrants as the swings arent huge.

AdMMM

after 5 mins of explaining the rules were frothing at the mouth

Jesus, they sound like the same kind of people who want to count to a million...

one ill cat

7 card str8 flush 8000/1
royal flush plus royal match 2000/1
7 card str8 flush with joker 1000/1
5 aces 400/1
royal flush 150/1
str8 flush 50/1
4 of a kind 25/1
full house 5/1
flush 4/1
3 of a kind 3/1
str8 2/1

just been playing it downstairs in the casino !!
fun game.....

White Knight

Four of a kind wrote: »

Would anyone know where I could find odds for pai gow bonus chip bets.....I can't seem to find anything and I don't remember what the odds were myself. Something like you get paid 2/1 on your money for hitting two pair etc.

1 google search later ...

http://wizardofodds.com/fortunepaigow

Fatboydim

Pai Gow - Great game. i hit a straight flush at 50/1 last time I was in Vegas

big_iain

I was at the game in Boyle the other night when they where playing it. It was explained to me being dim got it straight away.

i wish i stayed on for a trial go at it.

When are you doing it again carlo?

Four of a kind

big_iain wrote: »

I was at the game in Boyle the other night when they where playing it. It was explained to me being dim got it straight away.

i wish i stayed on for a trial go at it.

When are you doing it again carlo?

Going to give it a try at tonights game Ian. The only way the banker/house can win long term is by playing it like they do in the casino's....which means the house takes a 5% commission on every pot the player wins. Couple that with the fact that you would have to supply a bonus chip option(with reasonable odds....50/1 for hitting a straight).
So I'll see how it works out tonight. The swings aren't huge in pai gow and I don't think it would be worth my while to pay a dealer to sit down and deal pai gow for 3/4 hours just to break even

You all set for Sunday. There's a few mouths talking down this direction that reckon there'r already in vegas!

big_iain

Four of a kind wrote: »

You all set for Sunday. There's a few mouths talking down this direction that reckon there'r already in vegas!

Gl to the mouths. I wish them all the best.

We all know who's name is on that ticket.

ianmc38

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nikolasanastis

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