Pai Gow at Tower Casino. But what does it all mean?

Pai Gow is one of the newer games available at the online casino Tower Casino.

This variation of poker is actually a cross breed between two traditional games from two different lands. The original Pai Gow was a traditional Chinese game played with dominos. Due to the lack of cool graphics and digital effects, Tower Casino decided to spice the game up a bit by combining it with traditional poker on a 53 card deck.

The game is relatively simple and easy to understand. The one joker that is in the deck plays a special and important roll. It can be used to complete a straight or flush in a 5-card hand, otherwise the joker is an ace. The player’s goal is to beat the dealer in two hands, a 5-card hand and a 2-card hand. Hand values are the same as in traditional poker with 1 exception: A,K,Q,J and 10 form the most powerful hand which is preceded by A,1,2,3,4 and 5. The two card hand can only be a high card or a pair.

To play, players must place a bet (a “Fortune Bet” can also be made) and summon for the cards to be dealt. 7 cards are dealt and two are suggested to the player as the 2-card hand. After selecting the 2-card hand, players click done and are shown the dealers hand and the results. To see how the winnings work and to read some helpful tips on the game go to the Pai Gow low down page on the Tower Casino website.

Tower Casino was once a website where only instant gaming was available. Though they had an outstanding repertoire in just instant gaming, Tower Casino has expanded and now offers a downloadable version of the internet casino based on Net Entertainment software. Sign up and start playing some Pai Gow today!