Pai Gow Poker

Believe it or not, craps is not the only game in the casino. Savvy players have a back-up plan for when their craps game is off. If Heavy isn't winning at Craps you're likely to find him playing Baccarat, Blackjack, or even Roulette. If the table games aren't working out he may even take a cigar break in the high limit slot area for a little hit-and-run action. But just like craps - you have to plan your play and play your plan. If you have a question on slots, video poker, carnival games or any table games other than craps, this is the place to post. Let's hear about the games you play when you're not playing craps! What's your game? What's your strategy? How's that working out for you? Inquiring minds want to know!

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Lonnegan
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Pai Gow Poker

Post by Lonnegan » Fri Mar 06, 2015 5:48 pm

I love the excitement craps, I like the mental challenge of Blackjack but to relax and have a few cocktails and joke around Pai Gow Poker is the best.

Anyone else?
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Re: Pai Gow Poker

Post by SHOOTITALL » Fri Mar 06, 2015 7:42 pm

When a casino has it, I like playing it to rest these old wore out knees. Fun game, if you are lucky, can get interesting.
Your craps plan? The dice gods laughed.
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Re: Pai Gow Poker

Post by heavy » Fri Mar 06, 2015 11:24 pm

Used to play it quite a bit. Have gotten away from it in recent years. Beats me why. Simple game. Fairly slow. Lots of ties. Plenty of opportunities to consume casino alcohol. You're never going to get hurt too bad. Most can comfortably play green chips. I may have to brush up on it and give it another go.
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Re: Pai Gow Poker

Post by Michael » Mon Mar 09, 2015 4:31 pm

Played for the first time my last trip.
It won't be my last.
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Re: Pai Gow Poker

Post by MDH20SKI » Tue Mar 10, 2015 9:14 am

Yes it is a great free drinking game....lots of pushes, very slow, plus you can touch that cards!!
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Lonnegan
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Re: Pai Gow Poker

Post by Lonnegan » Sat Mar 14, 2015 10:39 am

I am hitting the casino this week. Gonna have another go at the Pai Gow. Hopefully that side bet will finally be worth it
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Re: Pai Gow Poker

Post by moed » Sun Mar 20, 2016 9:03 pm

I love the game Pai Gow Poker you should get the tape that John Patrick put out alot of intresting moves. Im talking about the cards pai gow
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Re: Pai Gow Poker

Post by SHOOTITALL » Sun Mar 20, 2016 11:14 pm

The interesting thing about Pai Gow poker is that when you have a quandary, you can get advice from the dealer. That happens about once in a blue moon but is is nice to know it is available. One joint in S/B carried it but it has been awhile so I do not know if they replaced it with a slot machine.
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Re: Pai Gow Poker

Post by Dylanfreake » Mon Mar 21, 2016 6:32 am

The great thing about Pai Gow is that you can tell the dealer to arrange your cards the house way . You never need to do anything except place your wager. And if you have enough money to cover all the wagers on the table , you can be the BANK every 6 hands which is around a 2% advantage. That is a larger edge than one would have in BJ and probably a larger edge than most would have in Dice Influencing.
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Re: Pai Gow Poker

Post by London Shooter » Mon Mar 21, 2016 3:12 pm

I hadn't played for a while but did so in biloxi and they put down a token next to my hand saying House Way and if I did happen to make a mistake dealer automatically set my hand correctly. Was a good way for a novice like me to play especially after a break of a couple of years
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Re: Pai Gow Poker

Post by Markm3 » Wed Mar 30, 2016 10:27 am

I really enjoy this game, did well with it last week in Vegas. Gotta share this story, my son is in the Coast Guard stationed in Baltimore, goes down to Atlantic City for a friends bachelor party, he's drunk, never played the game, rolls up a 7 card straight flush, 5 dollar on the bonus, pays 8000 to 1, paid $40,000. Groom made enough on envy to pay for his honeymoon....LUCKY
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Re: Pai Gow Poker

Post by mssthis1 » Wed Mar 30, 2016 12:40 pm

Do they still allow players to be the banker in Pai Gow or did that go away when they all started the bonus bets?
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Re: Pai Gow Poker

Post by London Shooter » Wed Mar 30, 2016 2:01 pm

Marin - As it's on topic. How much of the 40k did he have to pay in taxes?

Mss - yes they still allow players to be banker. I assume bonus bets are not ever part of the deal although as a well enough rolled banker you would love to host the envy bet for as long as the day is short.
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Re: Pai Gow Poker

Post by Markm3 » Thu Mar 31, 2016 10:05 am

LS...for the entire year we accumulated losing lottery tickets, horse racing tickets all to offset his winnings. All he had to pay was NJ state tax which if I recall was under $3k. That same year my son goes onto the game show Deal or No Deal with Howie Mandell on a Military Week taping, He goes through a series of interviews and makes it to the show, gets picked, goes down to the final case which he wins $10,000. Think the boy has a horseshoe up his arse. No taxes were deducted in Connecticut.
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