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TO WIN at PAI GOW
Now the difficulty of Pai Gow truly shows.
For the sake of argument, lets describe any pair of 2's through
6's a "low pair", 7's through J's a "medium
pair", and Q's through A's a "high pair". To
keep away from perplexity, we'll call the two-card hand the
"front" hand and the five-card the "back"
hand.
No Pair:
Back hand: the highest card; Front hand:
the next two highest cards.
One pair:
Back: the pair; Front: next two highest
cards.
Two Pair:
Pair of A's and any other Pair: Back: high
pair; Front: other pair.
Two High Pair: Back: best pair; Front: other pair.
High Pair and Medium Pair: Back: high pair; Front: medium
pair.
High Pair and Low Pair with A or K: Back: both pair; Front:
A or K.
High Pair and Low pair without A or K: Back: highest pair;
Front: low pair.
Two Medium Pair with A or K: Back: both pair; Front: A or
K.
Two Medium Pair without A or K: Back: best pair; Front:
other pair.
Medium Pair and Low Pair with A or K: Back: both pair; Front:
A or K.
Medium Pair and Low Pair without A or K: Back: medium pair;
Front: low pair.
Two Low Pair with A or K: Back: both pair; Front: A or K.
Two Low Pair without A or K: Back: best pair; Front other
pair.
Three Pair:
Back: second and third highest pair; Front:
highest pair.
Three of a Kind:
Three A's: Back: pair of A's; Front: A and
next highest card.
All others: Back: three of a kind; Front: two highest remaining
cards.
Three of a Kind twice:
Back: lower three of a kind; Front: highest
pair.
Full House:
With second Three of a kind: play the highest
pair to Front hand.
With second Pair: Back: full house with low pair; Front:
highest pair.
Pair is 2's with A or K: Back: full house; Front: A or K.
All others: Back: three of a kind; Front: the pair.
Straights, Flushes, Straight Flushes and Royal Flush:
With no pair: Back: lowest full hand; Front:
two highest cards.
With one or two Pair: Back: lowest full hand; Front: two
highest cards, pair or otherwise.
With Three of a Kind: Back: full hand; Front: pair.
With Full House: Back: three of a kind; Front: pair.
With Three of a Kind twice: Back: lower three; Front: highest
two.
Four of a Kind:
With Three of a Kind: Back: four of a kind;
Front: pair from the tree of a kind.
With a Pair: Back: four of a kind; Front: pair.
Four A's: Back: pair of A's; Front: pair of A's.
J's through K's with an A: Back: four of a kind; Front:
the A.
J's through K's without an A: Back: one pair from the four;
Front: the other pair.
7's through 10's with A or K: Back: four of a kind; Front:
A or K.
7's through 10's without A or K: Back: one pair from the
four; front: the other pair.
2's through 6's: Back: four of a kind; front: highest remaining
two
