Poker
Pai gow poker odds
Pai gow poker odds are the probabilities of winning, pushing, or losing a hand in pai gow poker, along with the house edge from the 5% commission on winning bets.
Key points
- The house edge comes mainly from the 5% commission charged on winning bets, not from hand odds alone. 2
- If only one of the player's two hands beats the banker's corresponding hand, the result is a push and no commission is paid. 1
Where this term is used
Not the same as
- Poker odds chart — a general reference for hand probabilities in poker, not specific to pai gow poker's two-hand comparison and commission
- Poker hand odds chart — a chart of standard poker hand odds, not covering pai gow poker's special rules and vigorish
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Sources
- Pai gow poker en.wikipedia.org Provides the rules for determining win, push, or loss in pai gow poker.
- Vigorish en.wikipedia.org Documents the 5% commission (vigorish) charged on winning bets in pai gow poker.
Sources are drawn from regulators, universities and published research, and each one is labelled with what it actually is — a preprint is not called a paper. Bookmaker and affiliate pages are never cited here, because a page that sells betting is not a neutral authority on it.