Pai Gow Fortune Bonus

Fortune Pai Gow Poker® is an optional bonus bet that considers
the best hand possible among the player’s seven cards.

Fortune Pai Gow Poker® is an optional bonus bet that considers the best hand possible among the player’s seven cards. Players may bet any amount within table limits; however, in order to qualify for the Envy Bonus payouts, a Fortune bet of at least $5 must be made. Envy Bonus: The Fortune Pai Gow pay table above also shows a payout for Envy bonus. An envy bonus is paid out when other players at the table make the same hand, in order to qualify for the envy bonus, a minimum of $5 must be bet on the Fortune Bonus. Play Fortune Pai Gow Online. Home; Portfolio; Privacy Policy; Contact Us; Home; Portfolio; Privacy Policy; Contact Us.

Players may bet any amount within table limits; however, in order to qualify for the Envy Bonus payouts, a Fortune bet of at least $5 must be made. Players win the Envy Bonus when someone else at the table receives a four of a kind or higher.

How To Play

To begin each round, players make their standard Pai Gow wagers and, if they like, the Fortune bonus wager. If a player wagers at least $5 on the Fortune bonus, the dealer must place an “Envy” button next to it.
The dealer then follows house procedures for Pai Gow Poker; Players will create two (2) hands, a low ranked hand consisting of two (2) cards which will be placed face down in the designated area of the table layout and a higher ranked hand consisting of five (5) cards which is also placed face down in the designated area of the table layout.
Players may request the assistance of the dealer to set his or her hand. The dealer will suggest the House Rules, as provided in Section 22.9, but the dealer takes no responsibility for any winning or losing hands. Assistance may only be provided prior to the dealer viewing his/her own cards.
The dealer will arrange and set the house hand after all players have set their hands. The house hand will be placed in front of the chip rack, face up, in full view before exposing the players’ hands. After the house hand has been displayed, players are not allowed to touch their cards.
While reconciling the standard Pai Gow wagers, the dealer also reconciles Fortune Bonus bets:
• If the player’s hand qualifies for payouts, the dealer pays him according to the posted paytable.
• If the player’s hand does not qualify for payouts, the dealer takes his Fortune wager.
The dealer pays any Envy Bonuses at the end of the round. If at least one player has four of a kind or higher, all players with envy buttons win-see pay table. In the event more than one player has at least four of a kind, then all players with the envy buttons win multiple payouts.
Note: A player cannot win Envy Bonuses for his own hand.
FORTUNE BONUS WAGER PAYTABLE
7-Card Straight Flush (no Joker) pays 2,500 to 1
Royal Flush Plus Royal Match pays 1,000 to 1
7-Card Straight Flush with Joker pays 750 to 1
Five Aces pays 250 to 1
Royal Flush pays 125 to 1
Straight Flush pays 50 to 1
Four of a Kind pays 25 to 1
Full House pays 5 to 1
Flush pays 4 to 1
Three of a Kind pays 3 to 1
Straight pays 2 to 1
ENVY BONUS PAYTALBE
7-Card Straight Flush (no Joker) pays $1,000 Envy Bonus
Royal Flush Plus Royal Match pays $750 Envy Bonus
7-Card Straight Flush with Joker pays $250 Envy Bonus
Five Aces pays $100 Envy Bonus
Royal Flush pays $50 Envy Bonus
Straight Flush pays $20 Envy Bonus
Four of a Kind pays $5 Envy Bonus

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Fortune pai gow poker is a blend of poker and pai gow, a classic gambling game played with Chinese dominoes. If you know how to play poker, you have a head start with fortune pai gow poker. Let’s take a look at how it works and what it takes find good fortune with this game.

The objective of fortune pai gow poker is to create two winning poker hands, a two-card hand and a five-card hand. To win, both of your hands must beat the corresponding poker hands of the “banker,” who may be one of the players or the house dealer. Each game is played with one deck of 52 cards, plus one joker.

Fortune bonus and envy bonus: Fortune pai gow poker often includes an optional “fortune bonus” side bet that pays if any combination of your seven cards creates a poker hand listed on the payout table, regardless of how you set your hands in the basic game. If any player at the table gets a four of a kind or higher, an “envy bonus” is paid out to anyone who made a fortune bonus bet of $5 or more.

If both of your hands beat the banker’s corresponding hands, you win even money. If you bet $10, you win $10.

If only one of your hands beats the banker’s, it’s a push. You keep your original bet. No win, no loss.

If neither of your hands beats the banker’s hands, you lose.

Each player’s winnings—and the net winnings of the banker—are subject to a five percent commission, which is collected by the dealer.

Fortune pai gow poker is considered a game of skill, meaning that if you learn and apply the optimal strategy you can improve your odds of winning. But it also depends greatly on chance, based on the cards you’re dealt. You can also improve your expected return by playing as the banker.

The house advantage in fortune pai gow poker is around three percent if you follow a smart strategy as a player, but can be improved to less than one percent if you’re the banker. By comparison, the house advantage for roulette is around 5 to 6 percent, and for the lottery it’s around 50 percent.

Game	House advantage, with optimal play
Baccarat	1.06%
Blackjack	0.5%
Craps	0.8%
Fortune pai gow poker	0.5 to 2.5%
Poker	4 to 3.5%
Lottery	50%
Roulette	5.3%
Slot Machines	8% (average)

Pick up your cards, and split them into two separate poker hands—one hand of five cards (the “back” or the “low” hand), and one hand of two cards (the “front” or “high” hand).

Your five-card hand must have a higher poker rank than your two-card hand.

Your two-card hand should be selected according to the “house way,” a set of house rules that outlines how the casino ranks combinations of cards.

If you don’t know the house way, just ask the dealer. The house way may be different from casino to casino.

Compare your hands to the banker’s. To win, both of your poker hands must be higher in value than the banker’s corresponding hands.

If only one of your two hands is better than the dealer’s, it’s a push (a tie). If neither of your hands are better, you lose.

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