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Pai Gow

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PLAYERS
2-4
DIFFICULTY
SETTING
Indoor
MATERIALS
HOW TO PLAY
1

Shuffle the dominoes face down and stack them into agreed piles for dealing.

2

Roll dice to determine which player receives the first stack and the order of play.

3

Each player receives four dominoes and splits them into two hands of two tiles each.

4

Arrange your two hands so your stronger hand and weaker hand are set according to traditional tile-ranking combinations.

5

Compare both of your hands against the banker's two hands; you must win both to beat the banker outright.

6

Settle bets based on how many of your two hands beat the corresponding banker hands, then reshuffle for the next round.