Some casinos offer a game called Pai Gow Tiles. This is very different than the Pai Gow poker game which is a card game. Pai Gow Tiles is a form of Chinese dominoes that is considered to be a very challenging game for players. The game is played with a set of thirty-two dominoes or tiles, each of which has a certain number of dots on it. The game is very popular because it has a very low house advantage of one to three percent depending on which strategy is followed, and the game will be found wherever there is a large Asian clientele. The tiles are dealt to the players like cards, four tiles at a time. The order of the deal is determined by the roll of the dice. After the deal, each poker player makes the best high hand and the best low hand with the object being to beat the dealer. A player only wins when he has the best high and low hand.
If he has only one, then the poker game is considered to be a draw. After the deal and the players setting their hands, the house, or dealer, is the first to display his hand. Then every player’s hand is compared to the dealer’s hand to determine the winners and losers. The best high hand is the highest pair. After the pairs come the numbers and their numerical rankings. The winning hand (high and low) pays even money less a 5% house commission. A loss involves the loss of the entire wager. The game is not difficult for new players to learn and there are different strategies that can be followed that affect the house advantage. |
