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Billy GoldengateThe History of Pai Gow Poker
Pai Gow Poker is an interesting variant of poker. Its origins take us all the way back to a hundred years ago in China. The interesting turn from an originally domino-like tile game to a card game adds a different flavor to... moreThe History of Pai Gow Poker
Pai Gow Poker is an interesting variant of poker. Its origins take us all the way back to a hundred years ago in China. The interesting turn from an originally domino-like tile game to a card game adds a different flavor to this game that you won't find in other poker games.
This poker variant takes its roots from the Chinese game called Pai Gow. Translated literally, Pai Gow actually means to make nine. This was quite a complicated game that uses tiles (like dominoes) and dice. It was actually has a military nature to it where the tiles represented army and civilian units. Pai Gow more likely represented the reality in the territory in those times. Today, we can still find the game being played by local Chinese folks.
Moving off to the 20th century, a major change occurred to this traditional Chinese tile game. When it was taken to US shores, cards were used instead of the traditional dominos thus the game evolved into a card game. The innovation applied the basic hands... less
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