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Banker in Pai Gow Poker
Pai Gow Poker is a casino game that is played with up to six players and the banker, each of which is dealt seven cards. There are no draws. Each player arranges cards into two poker hands, one of five and the other of two cards. To win, both your five-card hand and your two-card hand must beat the banker’s corresponding hands. Winning one and losing the other is a push.
Normally it’s the dealer who is the banker, but in Pai Gow Poker any player can be the banker. A small plastic marker called a chung is put on top of the cards indicating who the banker is for that hand. If you want to be the banker then you just need to tell the dealer before the cards are dealt and he’ll place the chung in your betting circle.
You do hold an advantage of being the banker because you win copy, which is when the player and the banker have the same hand in either five or two cards.
The bad thing about being the banker is that you have to have a rather large bankroll in order to book all of the action for each of the players. If your hand is a loser then you are going to have to pay all winning bets, including the dealer’s. Another bad thing is that you can only be the banker for one hand, then it returns to the dealer. The house also still gets the five percent commission on each winning bet, even if you are the banker and not the dealer.
It is smart to be the banker. Since the banker wins all ties, you might as well take advantage of being the bank and lowering the house edge as much as possible. Do pay attention now to the size of your bankroll. If it is limited, then you should only bank the game when you are the only player at the table.
The reason for playing against the dealer is that the dealer’s wager will be only the amount of your last bet. Consequently, you won’t be at the risk of losing any more money than you would be as a regular player. You can also request the dealer play for the table minimum.
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