Super Pai Gow™ is the high-action game pai gow always wanted to be, while also eliminating commissions and turning pushes into wins. The player now shows a win on 57% of hands under theoretically optimal play, making Super Pai Gow™ the only game on the casino floor in which the player can be a favorite to win!
Super Pai Gow™ is simply pai gow, except you start with four cards and bet 1x-4x the Ante or fold; if you bet, you receive your final three cards and set a five-card high hand and two-card low hand as in regular pai gow.
The dealer gets eight cards instead of seven, but the Ante pays 1 to 1 in the event of a push -- in other words, the player now wins on pushes.
Play the demo here. Note that the original demo was done in Flash, a format which Adobe has since stopped supporting. Enjoy!
Super Pai Gow™ is simply pai gow, except you start with four cards and bet 1x-4x the Ante or fold; if you bet, you receive your final three cards and set a five-card high hand and two-card low hand as in regular pai gow.
The dealer gets eight cards instead of seven, but the Ante pays 1 to 1 in the event of a push -- in other words, the player now wins on pushes.
Play the demo here. Note that the original demo was done in Flash, a format which Adobe has since stopped supporting. Enjoy!
Key Features
- One forced bet
- No commission, no qualifier
- The Ante pays a royalty for making four of a kind or better, regardless of whether the player wins, loses, or pushes
- The player shows a net win on 57% of hands under optimal play, instead of winning on 30% of hands and pushing on 40% of hands in regular pai gow
- The adj. house advantage under theoretically optimal play is cut in half -- down to 1.14% per unit wagered, as compared to 2.51% in regular pai gow
Sidebets
Super Pai Gow™ also features two distinct side bets:
- Seven Card Hand: A standard bet on the best five-card poker hand using any combination of the player's seven cards, topping out at 5,000-to-1 for a natural 7-card straight flush.
- Dealer's 8th Card: A set of three options to bet on the value of the dealer's discard. The player may choose more than one option (e.g. the player might bet both the "2,4" and "3,10" options, or both the "2,4" and the "Field" options, or the "3,10" and "Field options").
For a look at strategy, check out the Super Pai Gow™ strategy page.
- One forced bet
- No commission, no qualifier
- The Ante pays a royalty for making four of a kind or better, regardless of whether the player wins, loses, or pushes
- The player shows a net win on 57% of hands under optimal play, instead of winning on 30% of hands and pushing on 40% of hands in regular pai gow
- The adj. house advantage under theoretically optimal play is cut in half -- down to 1.14% per unit wagered, as compared to 2.51% in regular pai gow
Sidebets
Super Pai Gow™ also features two distinct side bets:
- Seven Card Hand: A standard bet on the best five-card poker hand using any combination of the player's seven cards, topping out at 5,000-to-1 for a natural 7-card straight flush.
- Dealer's 8th Card: A set of three options to bet on the value of the dealer's discard. The player may choose more than one option (e.g. the player might bet both the "2,4" and "3,10" options, or both the "2,4" and the "Field" options, or the "3,10" and "Field options").
For a look at strategy, check out the Super Pai Gow™ strategy page.
