Pai
Gow expert Stanford Wong has been quoted as saying that being dealer/banker
as often as possible has the most significant impact on a winning
strategy. Now this is all very well when you're at your local
casino, but not too helpful online, since few
internet casinos allow you to be the dealer/banker. But there
are still a number of handy tips on hand selection that will help
your dollar go a lot further.
Set out below are optimum hand selections based on cards dealt.
For simplicity's sake, we have called any pair of 2's through 6's
a "low pair", 7's through J's a "medium pair",
and Q's through A's a "high pair".
| Your
hand |
5-card
hand selection |
2-card
hand |
| No
Pair: |
the
highest card |
next
two highest cards |
| One
pair: |
the
pair |
next
two highest cards |
| Two
Pair: |
|
|
| Pair
of A's and any other Pair: |
high
pair |
other
pair |
| Two
High Pair: |
best
pair |
other
pair |
| High
Pair and Medium Pair |
high
pair |
medium
pair |
| High
Pair and Low Pair with A or K |
both
pair |
A
or K |
| High
Pair & Low pair w/out A or K |
highest
pair |
low
pair |
| Two
Medium Pair with A or K |
both
pair |
A
or K |
| Two
Medium Pair without A or K |
best
pair |
other
pair |
| Medium
Pair & Low Pair with A or K |
both
pair |
A
or K |
| Medium
Pair & Low Pair w/out A or K |
medium
pair |
low
pair |
| Two
Low Pair with A or K |
both
pair |
A
or K |
| Two
Low Pair without A or K |
best
pair |
other
pair |
| Three
Pair: |
second
and third highest pair |
highest
pair |
| Three
of a kind: |
|
|
| Three
A's |
pair
of A's |
A
and next highest card |
| All
others |
three
of a kind |
two
highest remaining cards |
| Three
of a twice: |
lower
three of a kind |
highest
pair |
| Full
House: |
|
|
| With
two pairs |
full
house with low pair |
highest
pair |
| Pair
is 2's with A or K |
full
house |
A
or K |
| All
others |
three
of a kind |
the
pair |
| Straight,
flush & Royal Flush: |
|
|
| With
no pair |
lowest
full hand |
two
highest cards |
| With
one or two Pair |
lowest
full hand |
2
highest cards, pair or o/wise |
| With
Three of a Kind |
full
hand |
pair |
| With
Full House |
three
of a kind |
pair |
| With
Three of a Kind twice |
lower
three |
highest
two |
| Four
of a kind: |
|
|
| With
Three of a Kind |
four
of a kind |
pair
from the three of a kind |
| With
a Pair |
four
of a kind |
pair |
| Four
A's |
pair
of A's |
pair
of A's |
| J's
through K's with an A |
four
of a kind |
the
A |
| J's
through K's without an A |
one
pair from the four |
the
other pair |
| 7's
through 10's with A or K |
four
of a kind |
A
or K |
| 7's
through 10's without A or K |
one
pair from the four |
the
other pair |
| 2's
through 6's |
four
of a kind |
highest
remaining two |
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