Pai Gow Poker Strategies
Casino Vérité Pai Gow Poker supports four strategies
as outlined on this page. You can use the first two strategies without
buying CV.
 Typical
Player Pai Gow Poker Strategy
This is a strategy that might be used by a typical player. It is not
suggested for long term play; but could be used by a beginner until he/she
gets used to the game. For each possible seven card hand, advice is given
on how to split the cards into five card and two card hands.
- Five Aces - Always five-card Three
Aces and two-card a Pair of Aces.
- Straight Flush - With No Pair, five-card
the Straight. With One Pair, two-card the pair if you can keep a Straight
or Flush in the five-card hand. With Two Pair, follow the two-pair rule
below.
- Four of a Kind - Five-card the Four
of a Kind and two-card the highest remaining cards.
- Full House - Five-card Three of a
Kind and two-card a Pair.
- Flush - Same as Straight Flush.
- Straight - Same as Straight Flush.
- Three of a Kind - Five-card the Three
of a Kind unless you have three Aces. In this case, two-card one of
the Aces.
- Two Pair - If three pair, two-card
the highest pair. If pair of sixes or less and pair of tens or less,
then split if there is not a King, Ace or Joker. If pair of sixes or
less and pair of Jacks or higher, then split if there is not an Ace
or Joker. If two pairs between sevens and tens, then split if there
is no Ace or Joker. Split in all other situations.
- One Pair - Five-card the pair and
two-card the two remaining highest cards
- No Pair - Five-card the highest card
and two-card the second and third highest cards.
Typical
Casino Dealer Pai Gow Poker Strategy
Each casino creates its own strategy for setting Pai Gow Poker hands.
Below is one of the standard casino strategies. This strategy is more
complex and more accurate than the strategy above.
- Five Aces - Five card three Aces unless
you have a Pair of Kings. Two-card a Pair of Kings.
- Straight Flush - With No Pair, five-card
the Straight. With One Pair, two-card the pair if you can keep a Straight
or Flush in the five-card hand. With Two Pair, follow the two-pair rule
below.
- Four of a Kind - Split the Four of
a Kind into two Pairs unless there is an additional Pair or if the Four
of a Kind is Sixes or less or if the Four of a Kind is Sevens through
Tens and there is also an Ace.
- Full House - Five-card Three of a
Kind and two-card a Pair.
- Flush - Same as Straight Flush.
- Straight - Same as Straight Flush.
- Three of a Kind - Five-card the Three
of a Kind unless you have three Aces. In this case, two-card one of
the Aces.
- Two Pair - If a pair is Jacks or higher,
or an Ace or Joker is present, split the pairs.
- One Pair - Five-card the Pair and
two-card the two remaining highest cards
- No Pair - Five-card the highest card
and two-card the second and third highest cards.
Wong
Optimal Pai Gow Poker Strategy
The Wong Strategy is the approximate strategy described in Chapter
Four of Optimal Strategy for Pai Gow Poker by Stanford Wong. The
strategy is supported by CV with permission from the author. It is not
described here to avoid copyright restrictions. You can purchase the book
at Optimal
Strategy for Pai Gow Poker.
Sums
Strategy
CV calculates the percentage of all hand combinations that can be
beaten by the five-card and two-card hands, sums the two numbers and selects
the hand settings that maximize the sum. This strategy is supported by
CV for information only. A human would not be able to use this strategy.
Pai
Gow Poker Software
You can find software supporting the Wong Optimal Pai Gow Poker Strategy
at CV Pai Gow Poker Software.
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