Pai Gow Poker is the product of a classic East meets West scenario. The popular casino table game that you can play with your Unibet bonus comprises the best elements of the Chinese version of the game that uses dominoes, and the American version that uses playing cards. The net result is an exciting game that can be found in online and live casinos the world over.

The game is played with a single deck of 52-cards and a solitary joker. There is table space for a maximum of six players, and a dealer, with each player sparring against the house. The action starts with the dealer creating seven piles of seven cards all face down. Four of these piles then form the discard pile whilst the other three are used for the game. The dealer will select one of the seven seats to be the banker seat and then continues to deal counter-clockwise from that spot. Each player receives seven cards, and then the action begins.

Players create two different type of hands: a two-card and a five-card combination. The universal hand ranking system is used to determine the five-card hand with the notable exception of the inclusion of the joker. The joker can be used as any card when making a straight, or flush, in the five-card combination otherwise it denotes an ace. In the two-card combo the joker is always an ace. The two-card hand can only be a pair or high card combination.

When you finish you compare each of your hands against those of the banker. If you win both then you win the bet, if you win only one hand the result is a push and you inevitably lose if you can’t beat any of the hands.