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Pai Gow Poker Strategy

Pai Gow expert Stanford Wong has been quoted as saying that being dealer/banker as often as possible has the most significant impact on a winning strategy. Now this is all very well when you're at your local casino, but not too helpful online, since few internet casinos allow you to be the dealer/banker. But there are still a number of handy tips on hand selection that will help your dollar go a lot further.

Set out below are optimum hand selections based on cards dealt. For simplicity's sake, we have called 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".

Your hand	5-card hand selection	2-card hand
No Pair:	the highest card	next two highest cards
One pair:	the pair	next two highest cards
Two Pair:
Pair of A's and any other Pair:	high pair	other pair
Two High Pair:	best pair	other pair
High Pair and Medium Pair	high pair	medium pair
High Pair and Low Pair with A or K	both pair	A or K
High Pair & Low pair w/out A or K	highest pair	low pair
Two Medium Pair with A or K	both pair	A or K
Two Medium Pair without A or K	best pair	other pair
Medium Pair & Low Pair with A or K	both pair	A or K
Medium Pair & Low Pair w/out A or K	medium pair	low pair
Two Low Pair with A or K	both pair	A or K
Two Low Pair without A or K	best pair	other pair
Three Pair:	second and third highest pair	highest pair
Three of a kind:
Three A's	pair of A's	A and next highest card
All others	three of a kind	two highest remaining cards
Three of a twice:	lower three of a kind	highest pair
Full House:
With two pairs	full house with low pair	highest pair
Pair is 2's with A or K	full house	A or K
All others	three of a kind	the pair
Straight, flush & Royal Flush:
With no pair	lowest full hand	two highest cards
With one or two Pair	lowest full hand	2 highest cards, pair or o/wise
With Three of a Kind	full hand	pair
With Full House	three of a kind	pair
With Three of a Kind twice	lower three	highest two
Four of a kind:
With Three of a Kind	four of a kind	pair from the three of a kind
With a Pair	four of a kind	pair
Four A's	pair of A's	pair of A's
J's through K's with an A	four of a kind	the A
J's through K's without an A	one pair from the four	the other pair
7's through 10's with A or K	four of a kind	A or K
7's through 10's without A or K	one pair from the four	the other pair
2's through 6's	four of a kind	highest remaining two