Monday, November 06, 2006

Pie Gow Poker



The interesting thing of the Pie Gow Poker is that can be played during a long while without losing important quantities of money, whenever be on the alert.

This version of poker is played with 53 cards, the 52 normal and a wild card. The objective of the play is to divide the hand in a hand of 5 cards and another of two, and to surpass, with both, the hands of the croupier. The wild card is not the typical wild card, can be used only to replace an Ace, as the fifth part of a Color or of a Stair.

It will receive seven cards, that should divide into two hands: one of 5 cards and another of two. The scoring of the hand of 5 cards should always be a superior to that of the hand of 2 cards. To do this, he move the cursor on the cards that desires to separate for form the hand of 2 cards. Click each one of the 2 cards (they will be separated of the remainder). Once it has elected the hand of two cards (with a lower value al of the hand of 5 cards), can utilize the button to be Opened. If it is sure of its election, click this button to form the two hands of the play. If it decides that is not the best election, click the letter or cards that desires to change, to return them at hand of 7 cards and select again other cards to play. It can do this as many times desire, while I do not press the button to be Opened. When it do him, the hands will remain blocked and the croupier will separate his cards. From this moment, the play will develop alone.

Each hand of 5 cards states itself according to the value of a hand of poker standard. Recall that thanks al wild card, is possible to meet five aces, that are worth more than a Real Color. The hand of two cards is able (or not) to form a pair. Therefore, the highest scoring of the hand of two cards is obtained with a pair of aces. The wild card can be utilized of several forms. It can represent an ace in any hand or the fifth letter in a Stair, a Color, a Real Stair or a Real Color.