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Pai Gow Strategies

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There is no perfect Pai Gow poker strategy like there is for other games like blackjack. The strategy at the bottom of this article will provide you with some good direction to help you know how to analyze hand and how to set them properly. The key to successful Pai Gow poker play is remembering that both hands must win for you to make any money. That’s why you’ll note that you should sometimes split up powerful hands in order to have a shot at winning both the high and low hands.

As you can see, playing Pai Gow poker can be very complicated. The strategy at the bottom of this article is really jus the least you need to know in order to be able to play the game. However, because of it’s relaxed pace, many ties and thought-provoking hand-setting decisions, it has gained a small, but very loyal group of followers.

Pai Gow Strategy

Your Hand

Best High Hand

Best Low Hand

 

No Pair

Your Highest Card

Your 2nd and 3rd highest card

One Pair

The Pair

Your two highest single cards

Two Pair (when the higher pair is Qs through As)

The higher pair

The lower pair

Two Pair (when the higher pair is 6s through Js)

The higher pair

The lower pair

Two Pair when the higher pair is 6s through Js with A or K as the kicker )

Both pairs

A or K

Two Pair (when the higher pair is 2s through 5)

The higher pair

The lower pair

Two Pair (when the higher pair is 2s through 5s with an A, K or Q kicker)

Both pairs

A, K or Q

Three Pairs

2nd and 3rd highest pair

The highest pair

Three of a kind (A-A-A)

Pair of As

A and the next highest card

Three of a kind (all others)

Three of a kind

The two highest other cards

Two threes of a kind

The lower three of a kind

The highest pair

Straight, flush or straight flush (with no pair)

The lowest complete hand

The two highest cards

Straight, flush or straight flush (with one or two pair)

The lowest complete hand

Two highest cars, pair or not

Straight, flush or straight flush (with three of a kind)

Complete hand

Pair

Straight, flush or straight flush (with full house)

Three of a kind

Higher pair

Straight, flush or straight flush (with two threes of a kind)

Lower three of a kind

Higher pair

Four of a kind (As, Ks, or Qs)

Pair

Pair

Four of a kind (Js, 10s, or 9s)

Pair

Pair

Four of a kind (Js, 10s or 9s with A or K kicker)

Four of a kind

A or K

Four of a kind (8s, 7s or 6s with A, K or Q kicker)

Four of a kind

A, K or Q

Four of a kind (2s through 5s)

Four of a kind

Two highest cards

Five As

Threes As

Two As