1312ONSCREEN FUNCTION KEYS
DEAL:Choose this icon to deal a
hand.
CHIPS:Choose the denomination of the
bets you wish to make.
RE-BET:Choose this icon to make
the same bet as in the previous hand.
HOUSEWAY:Choose this icon to have the computer create the best
five-card and two-card hand for you.
DONE:Choose this icon to confirm your play and reveal the dealer's hands.
EXIT:Choose this icon to exit the current game and return to
the game menu.
PLAYING PAI GOWPOKER
On the Pai Gow opening screen, the arrow icon points to the
first of three chips at the bottom center of the screen: 10, 50, and
100. Use the DIRECTIONALKEYPAD and the Abutton in any
combination to make a bet between $10 and $250, which is
automatically deducted from the BANK at the bottom right of
the screen and indicated in the BETbox at the bottom left of the
screen. (In any hand following, you may choose the RE-BET
icon beneath the chips to make the same bet). When you are fin-
ished, use the DIRECTIONAL KEYPAD and the Abutton to
select DEAL. Seven cards are dealt face up. To play Pai Gow
Poker, divide the seven cards into two hands (using the tradi-
tional poker rankings on page 8): five cards in the high hand and
two cards in the low hand. Use the DIRECTIONAL KEYPAD
and the Abutton to select the two cards you want to place in the
Pai Gow Pokerinal bet is placed on the other hand, and they are played as two
separate hands (for example, one may lose and one may win).
Sometimes the dealer will show an Ace at the beginning of
the hand. An inset screen will appear, asking if you want to buy
INSURANCE. Insurance is a side bet equal to half of your orig-
inal bet, placed on the assumption that the dealer has Blackjack.
If he has Blackjack, the payout is 2-to-1, but you lose your orig-
inal bet. If he doesn't, you lose your INSURANCE bet and play
out the hand. Use the DIRECTIONAL KEYPAD and then Ato
accept or reject the INSURANCE bet.
The WINNER is the player with the hand closest to, with-
out going over, 21. Winning a hand pays 1-to-1. If the dealer
and the player have the same value, the hand is a Push and the
player does not lose his bet. If you have Blackjack in your first
two cards (an Ace and a face card or a 10), the payout is 3-to-2,
unless the dealer also has Blackjack, in which case it is a Push.
CARD VALUES:Numerical cards have a value indicated
by their number. Kings, Queens, and Jacks are worth ten. Aces
can be worth one or eleven.
WINNING TIP:
Most professional Blackjack players consider
Insurance a poor bet.