Joker’s Wild Pai Gow poker is played with a 52-card deck with the addition of 2 jokers.  The Joker(s) may be used as any card in the deck.

The casino dealer deals the cards into seven hands of seven cards. Six of the hands are distributed to seated players and one hand is given to the player-dealer position Once the cards are distributed, each player arranges his cards into two hands: a two-card hand (sometimes called the front hand) and a five-card hand (sometimes called the back hand).  The two-card hand must be comprised of a lower rank than the five card hand.  The goal of the game is to make two hands that are both higher than the two hands made by the player-dealer.  Pai Gow poker uses the same ranking of hands as in other high poker games.

Rules for Jokers Wild Pai Gow Poker

• 1. All are compared to the player-dealer hand, and all bets are paid of collected, in a clockwise direction from the “Action” button.
• 2. A player may not display his or her hand to or discuss his of her hand with any other player after the cards have been dealt until all bets have been paid or collected.
• 3. A set of three dice is used to randomly determine which player will receive his or her cards first from the casino-dealer. The dice are inserted into a brass cup, the player-dealer shakes the cup and the number of dice points revealed when the cup is opened are added up. Using this number and counting clockwise from the player-dealer, the player occupying the appropriate seat is the first to receive his or her hand.
• 4. The point total of the dice also determines the position of the “Action” button, except when the player-dealer position is indicated; in those cases, the first player to the left (clockwise) of the player-dealer receives the “Action” button.
• 5. The player-dealer’s hand will not be opened until all other hands have been set. In the case in which the player-dealer’s hand is opened before all hands are set, the casino dealer will call a supervisor or a CSR immediately and they will set the player’s hand in the casino logical way.
• 6. A misdeal will be declared if:

a. The joker or an ace is boxed or exposed on the deal.
b. Two or more cards are boxed or exposed on the deal.
c. The hands are delivered to the wrong spots and two or more players have looked at their cards before the dealer opens the player-dealers hand.
d. The hands are delivered to the wrong spots and a player looked at the player-dealer’s hand.

• 7. In the event that the action hand is pushed to the wrong spot, and only one player has looked at the cards, the hands will be retrieved by a floor person and redelivered correctly. The hand for the player that looked at the cards will be played the “logical” way.
• 8. A boxed card is replaced immediately with the very next card on the deck and exposed cards on the deal will be replaced after the deal is finished with the first of the remaining five cards.
• 9. The joker may be used as any card in the deck.
• 10. A player is responsible for the final setting of his/her hand. Upon request, the casino dealer will assist in the setting of hands and explain logical way of setting the hand, but cannot be held responsible for the final decision.
• 11. Statements regarding the value of a hand are not binding. The cards read as the value states.
• 12. If a player sets his hands in such a way that the two-card hand ranks higher than the five-card hand, the hand is fouled and the wager is forfeited to the extent that money covers.
• 13. If you put three cards in one hand and four in the other, or one card in one hand and six in the other, the hand is fouled and the wager is forfeited to the extent that money covers.
• 14. A player may play or set only one hand, regardless of the number of hands on which he has wagered. A player can be the “active” player on only one circle (spot) and on only one hand, regardless of the number of hands on which he has wagered.
• 15. The player-dealer’s hand is not set until the player-dealer has signified his or her final decision in an obvious manner to the casino dealer.
• 16. A hand that is misread by the casino dealer will play at its true value if it can be retrieved intact.
• 17. When the player-dealer asks the casino dealer to help set the hand, the casino dealer cannot allow the player-dealer to set the hand fouled. If the casino dealer mistakenly allows a fouled hand to be played, Hawaiian Gardens Casino will set the hand in the “logical way” and play will continue. A player-dealer’s hand can never be set fouled.
• 18. Hawaiian Gardens Casino has the right to reset the player-dealer’s hand if it is discovered that the casino dealer did not show the best possible option, provided that both the front and the back hands will increase in value, provided the payoffs have not started.
• 19. Management may change any of these rules without further notice.