Double-hand Poker Established Rules

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Now let’s become versed in some alternate variations of poker other than texas hold’em, five card stud, five card draw and omaha hold’em. Yes, pai gow poker. Now you must be thinking that double-hand sounds a little Chinese; yes you are right, this game is a blending of the Chinese game pai gow and poker
Clearly this is not one of the highly popular varieties of poker but still widely played. It can be enjoyed by up to 7 players. It is played with 1 deck of 52 cards, with a joker. Interestingly, joker can only be used as an ace, or to complete a straight, a flush, a straight flush, or royal flush. The critical detail here to clearly recall is other than the typical ranking of hands we’ve one more winning hand that is "Five Aces" (five aces including the joker). Surprisingly, 5 aces is greater than all other hand including royal flush. Every gambler is given seven cards. These cards are arranged to create 2 hands; a two card hand and a 5 card hand. The five card hand has to be better or be equal to the 2 card hand.
After setting up the two hands, the cards are positioned on the poker table with the faces down. Once down, you cannot change them. The dealer will flip over their cards and assemble their hands. Each players hand is compared to the dealer’s hands. If the player wins one hand and loses the other, this is referred to as "push" and no money is exchanged. If croupier wins both hands then the gambler gives up their bet and vice versa. Now if the hand is a tie, the croupier wins all. After the hand is competed, the very next player clock-wise becomes the dealer and the following hand is given out.