Pai Gow Poker app for iPhone and iPad

4.4 ( 9984 ratings )

Games Card Casino
Developer: MobilityWare

1.99 USD

Current version: 2.1, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 19 Nov 2008
App size: 11.15 Mb

Pai Gow Poker for the iPhone and iPod Touch lets you play Pai Gow Poker without risking any of your hard earned money beyond the purchase price of the app.

You may have seen this game in a casino but were too intimidated to play or were worried you would lose your money because you did not know how to play. Well worry no more, now you can learn to play without risking real money betting.

Pai Gow Poker is based on the Chinese Domino game called Pai Gow. Pai Gow Poker is played with a 53 card deck of standard playing cards, 52 cards plus 1 joker. The object of the game is to make two poker hands after being dealt 7 cards. One hand should contain 5 cards and the other hand should contain 2 cards. You are trying to make the highest ranking 2 hands that you can with the provision that the 5 card hand must rank higher than the 2 card hand. You are playing against a dealer who also makes 2 hands, both of your hands must rank higher than the dealers hands for you to win. If both of the dealers hands are higher then you will lose. If neither you or the dealers hands both rank higher than the other then it is a tie or "push" and you do not win or lose. One little gotcha is that if your hand and the dealers hand is of the same poker rank then the dealer wins that hand, remember, the dealer has to win both hands to be declared the overall winner.

One more little detail, if you win both hands the dealer will pay off your bet at even money, however a 5% commission will be deducted from your winnings. This commission is one of the main ways that the casino tilts the odds in their favor.

Warning after playing with this application you may want to try the real thing on your next trip to Las Vegas.

Pros and cons of Pai Gow Poker app for iPhone and iPad

Pai Gow Poker app good for

Its all good, easy to play. My only suggestions would be to register the players name so that they dont have to be called "player" and make it so two people could play (even if its just with two different player names and they take turns). That would then get 5 stars in my opinion.

This is a bit compulsive. At the casino a lack of money stops me. The game just loads me up again!! Id like to see the other players, so when I win a bonus for another players hand I see what they had.

Great way to have a casino like game in the palm of your hands. Wish there was a better tutorial though(maybe in next update) as there are certain rules Im not too clear on but still a 5 star!

Good game, helps examine strategy in making fortune bets, how often, how much!

Great way to practice without risking $$$ in a casino. Next time I go to Vegas Ill play not worrying if Im setting my hands correctly.

Great way to learn the game. Like the advice feature to check ur choice. Thanks!

Some bad moments

Graphics and game play are good. But the house rules (the rules the dealer plays by) change to the dealers advantage. An example is when the dealer splits pairs: the dealer will always play to his advantage, not follow a set rule as all gaming houses do. And Ive never seen a dealer get so many and such good hands. I wouldnt stay at a real table with a dealer this hot, why should I continue to play in this app? Add a piagow bonus and the player might stand a chance.

The graphics are great and so is the ease of play. The VERY Bad: it is total overkill in favor of giving the Dealer good hands and the Player lousy pai gow hands. It gets to the point where it is not even fun to play. I deleted the App once only to find that it is still on my Iphone5. If youre a gambler or you just like to play the game, you wont like this one if you play it a lot.

You cant win, the house wins 80 percent of the time, what a waste.

Cheats like crazy. Statistically impossible for the dealer to have that many winning hands. Deleteing it right away.

This game is horrible. The cards are stacked in the dealers favor. For every 10 Pai gow hands I get, the dealer gets 1. Most of the time when I get a monster hand the dealer will have just enough to beat me or make me push! Im deleting this from my phone!!

If I didnt have to give 1 star I wouldnt. This is the worst pai gow game. Do not waste your time. It is so predictable. After winning one hand you lose about 15.

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