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Fortune Pai Gow Poker Fortune Pai Gow Poker® is an optional bonus bet that considers the best hand possible among the player’s seven cards. Players may bet any amount within table limits; however, in order to qualify for the Envy Bonus payouts, a Fortune bet of at least $5 must be made. Now that you know how to play Pai Gow poker, you’ll need to understand how the payouts work. Bonus payouts are what make this game so exciting to play. The player has an option to make a bonus wager, and if they hit a big hand they will win a bonus. The size of the bonus depends on the size of your bet and the hand that you get.
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Fortune Pai Gow Poker® is an optional bonus bet that considers the best hand possible among your seven cards. You may bet any amount within table limits; however, a Fortune bet of at least $5 qualifies you for Envy Bonus payouts. You win the Envy Bonus when. FORTUNE PAI GOW POKER FORTUNE BONUS PAYOUT SCHEDULE The Fortune Bonus wager is a bet that your seven cards will make a bonus qualifying hand, regardless of how you set your Pai Gow Poker hand. 7-CARD STRAIGHT FLUSH ROYAL FLUSH PLUS ROYAL MATCH. 7-CARD STRAIGHT FLUSH - WITH JOKER FIVE ACES ROYAL FLUSH STRAIGHT FLUSH FOUR OF A KIND FULL HOUSE FLUSH.
5 cards and 2 cards
The rules of Pai Gow Poker are relatively simple: each player receives seven cards and splits them into two separate hands - a hand of five cards, called 'the back', and a hand of two cards, called 'the front'.
NB The five card hand must always rank higher than the two.
Win both hands
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If both hands beat the dealer's hands, the player wins even money or 1:1 for their bet (though the bank takes a 5% commission from your winnings). If both hands lose, the dealer takes the bet. If you win only one of the two hands, the round finishes in a tie and your bet is returned to you.
Winning both hands in Pai Gow Poker is not as easy as it may seem. Quite often, you'll have to compromise one hand in order not to lose, rather than to win (this is explained fully in our page on Pai Gow Poker Strategy). As a result, you should consider the game as an evens chance bet, suited to lower-risk players who enjoy turning a steady profit without risking too much.
Compared to, for example, Baccarat , Roulette, or the insanely exciting Sic Bo, it can be a little slow for high rolling, high-risk gamblers, who often prefer the following variation:
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Bonus / Fortune Pai Gow Poker
Bonus Pai Gow Poker (sometimes called Fortune Pai Gow) is played in exactly the same way as normal Pai Gow Poker, except that you're given a bonus payout of up to 8000 times your bet if you place a bonus bet and your seven cards hand contains a winning combination - regardless of how you set the front and back. The winning combinations and bonus payouts are given in our Pai Gow Poker Odds table.
The reasons that Bonus / Fortune Pai Gow is more suited to higher-risk players are:
a) you're betting twice as much per game (the bet and the bonus bet) and
b) in the event of a tie, the bonus bet is not returned to you.
But if, for example, your seven cards contained four of a kind, you would receive a bonus payment of 25 times your bonus bet, regardless of your winnings in the 'normal' play.
The odds against getting these hands are larger than the payouts, giving a consequently higher house edge, but the possible payouts suit those who enjoy taking more of a risk.
Pai Gow Poker terms explained
The back - 5 card hand
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The Five card hand is ranked according to standard poker rules. If you're not sure about these standard rankings, or just need a reference point, click on our Poker Hand Rankings page.
The front - 2 card hand
The two card hand has to rank lower than the five card hand. Again, standard poker rules apply: a pair of Aces is the highest pair, a pair of 2s the lowest. If the hand is not a pair, it is ranked as a high, named after the highest card i.e. J9 is a jack high. If two 'high' hands have the same highest card, the next highest card is used to determine the winner e.g. if both players have Ace high, one player with AQ and the other with A9, the player with AQ wins.
Joker Card
The joker can be used to complete a flush, straight or straight flush, or can act as a single Ace.
House Way
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The House Way is the set of rules that a traditional casino would instruct its dealers to use when setting their hands. In land based casinos, knowledge of this would form the basis of a winning strategy (see our Pai Gow Strategy page). Some online casinos offer a 'house way' button. By pressing this, your cards will automatically be set for you using the same rules the dealer/casino uses. Obviously, this negates the edge you may achieve by setting hands manually.