How To Deal Pai Gow Tiles
The key element of pai gow strategy is to present the optimal front and rear hands based on the tiles dealt to the player. There are three ways to arrange four tiles into two hands when no two of them form a pair. However, if there is at least one pair among the tiles, there are.
Analyze Deal Instructions
Pai Gow tiles look very much like traditional dominoes, but the 32 tiles are arranged into various matching pairs, with different arrangements of the numbers (or pips) signifying different values. The pips on a Pai Gow tile can be either red or white, and these colorations do matter when applying an often complex scoring system. Pai Gow Tile Set in Wooden Box. This antique-style wooden box features a traditional design and authentic look for the storage and presentation of this Pai Gow Set. These sets include tiles with red and white pips and a high-gloss black pearl finish, three small white dice and a Pai Gow Dealer Button. There are 32 tiles in all. Pai is the Cantonese word for a tile or card and Gow is the number nine. Each player receives four tiles and forms them into two pairs, as does the banker. If both the player's pairs outrank the banker's pairs the player wins, if neither does the banker wins, and if.
The Analyze Deal page allows you toselect any four-tile deal. The program will then show you the threepossible divisions of your tiles, and the frequency with which you willwin, lose, or push if you play those divisions. You will also learn yourexpected return for each division.
First, you select the four tiles of thedeal that you wish to analyze. In the table that shows all 16 tiles, clickwith your mouse on the tiles that make up your deal. When you click on atile to select it, that tile will appear in one of the four outlinedspaces below. If you want both tiles of a pair, simply click on the tiletwice.
Note that in this version of the AnalyzeDeal page, two of the tiles are already selected for you. Members ofPaiGow.com have access to the Analyze Deal page that allows them to selectall four tiles. If you wish more information on joining PaiGow.com, go here.
If you change your mind about which tilesto select, click on one of the four tiles that have been selected. Whenyou click on a selected tile, it is removed, and you can replace it withanother selection.
In order to perform its analysis, theprogram needs to know whether you are the banker or your opponent isbanker. Choose one of the radio buttons:
Then, click on 'Show theanalysis' to start the program.
You will then see the results of theanalysis. Below is a sample results table:
You will see the three possible divisionsof the four-tile deal that you selected. Each division will be named:'Best High,' or 'Best Low,' etc. You will alsosee the values of the high and low hands for each division, as well aspictures of how the tiles are divided. For example, if you play the BestHigh division of these tiles, your high hand will be Wong, and your lowhand will be six.
Below each division, you will see thepercentage of time that you will win, lose, or push with your opponent ifyou play that division. For example, if you play the Best Highdivision of these tiles, you will win the deal 50.0% of the time,lose the deal 9.7% of the time, and push 40.3% of the time.
Below the win/lose/push percentages, youwill see your expected return if you play that division. For example, ifyou play the Best High division of these tiles, and you bet $100,you expect, on average, to win $37.77. On your $100 bet, you will win $9550.0% of the time, you will lose your bet 9.7% of the time, and thataverages out to an expected win of $34.15.
The computation assumes that youropponent is playing the traditional strategy. You can find details of thatstrategy in PaiGow.com's Tutorial Chapter 5: TheTraditional Strategy. The computation also assumes that the house ischarging a 5% commission on your winning bets.
For more on expected returns, read theTutorial Chapter 7: Betting, Commission, and ExpectedReturn.
If you are not familiar with the terms'Best High' division and 'Best Low' division, read theTutorial Chapter 4: Naming the Divisions.
Return to the Analyze Deal page.
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How To Learn Pai Gow Tiles
The game of Pai Gow Tiles, which originated in Ancient China, is played in most Asian countries. 'Pai Gow' is a game of Chinese dominoes. Literally translated, it means 'Cards-Nine'. The game is played with dominoes and is the forerunner of American dominoes.
The object of Pai Gow tiles is to make two hands that outrank the two hands of the designated Banker known as Player/Dealer (each player deals, in turn).
The unique feature about Pai Gow Tiles is that the Player/Dealer turn is rotated counter-clockwise around the players after each game; that is, each player has the opportunity to deal against other players. The Player/Dealer can win, lose or push on each of the player's individual bets. A Player/Dealer cannot win or lose more than he wagers. A Player/Dealer may 'pass' the deal onto the next player if he does not wish to be the Player/Dealer.
How to play Pai Gow Tiles
There are 32 dominoes used in Pai Gow, which are mixed or shuffled by the House Supervisor: The dominoes are placed in eight stacks of four each. The Player/Dealer and up to seven players are dealt one stack (four dominoes). The object of the game is to set the dominoes into two hands (front and back, two dominoes per hand) for the best ranking combination. If they are lower, the Player/Dealer wins. When the Player/Dealer and players have the same ranking combinations, the Player/Dealer is the winner.
The value of each tile does not follow a particular numerical or color sequence, but is determined according to a Chinese symbolic system. Every tile has a corresponding 'twin' 11 of which are 'identical twins'. The other five pairs do not look alike but have the same number of dots and the same ranking value. After all the players have set their hands, the Player/Dealer hand is opened, set, and compared against each player’s hand individually as in Pai Gow Poker.
After the bets are placed, the Player/Dealer casts three (3) dice which determine which player will receive the first stack of dominoes. The players will rank their dominoes and set the two combinations side by side in front of their bets. The Player/Dealer will show his hand first, and the House Supervisor will then open the hands of the players to determine the losers and winners. The House Supervisor collects amounts lost by players in the center of the table. The winning bets are paid off with the Player/Dealer's money.
Ranking combinations
There are 16 ranking combinations in the Pai Gow Tiles game. It is necessary to memorize or refer to the chart for the rankings. The highest are the 'Supreme' combinations, which is called in Chinese 'Jee Joon' - domino three (red 1, white 2) and domino six (white 2, red 4). The second through the sixteenth rankings are pairs or 'Bo'. The pairs do not follow a number sequence from the highest to lowest or vice versa. The pairs are actually symbols to the Chinese. For example, the second highest ranking is the pair of twelve called 'Double Heaven'. Third ranking is the pair of twos called 'Double Earth'. The fourth ranking is the pair of red eights or 'Double People', etc. The thirteenth to sixteenth ranking pairs are not identical dominoes; they are known as mixed (chop) pairs.
After the pair rankings, the best combinations are the 'Wong' (King), which is the twelve (heaven) and any nine. This ranking followed by the dominoes two (Earth) and the nine. Next is the 'Gong' (Steel), which is the twelve (Heaven) and any eight followed by the two (Earth).
When Bo (pairs) Wong, or Gong combinations cannot be made, the next combinations are ranked from nine to zero. These are the most common rankings and they represent the basis of the game of Pai Gow (Cards - Nine). For example: the two dominoes 10 and 9 make a 9. The 11 and 4 make a 5. The 11 and 9 make a zero.
Pai Gow Tiles Names
With the four dominoes you are dealt, you make two combinations, which will both total closest to nine. The object in setting both combinations is to have them both higher than the two combinations of the hand you are playing against.
When the same player and Player/Dealer have two dominoes totaling the same number, the combination with the higher 'single ranking' is the winner.
Wild dominoes
The 3 and 6 dominoes that make the 'Supreme' combinations (Jee Joon) are 'Wild Dominoes'. The 3 can be used as a 3 or 6. The 6 can be used as a 6 or 3. For example, dominoes 6 and 4 make zero; however, this 6 can be used as a 3, which makes 7, and is a better combination.
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