Pai Gow Tiles Strategy Q
L0, H0, x, y
x and y are each lower in rank than L0 and should not be played together.
How does one determine which 10 to play with x and y?
Thank you.
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L0, H0, x, y
x and y are each lower in rank than L0 and should not be played together.
How does one determine which 10 to play with x and y?
Thank you.
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House ways (I think?) always pair the lower of x and y with high 10.
I, however, will play high 9 /low 8 as an exception.
If the best low hand is 5,6,7 points. Play the best low hand.
Play the best low hand if best high is 5 pts or less
Play the best low hand if the best high hand is a 6 but lower than the Chong (high six tile) six
Play best high hand otherwise
But see, for example, H0, L0, 7, 5.
Wizard optimal strategy says proper set is L0/5-H0/7, which the calculator pegs at a 0.018 advantage over "best low" set.
Similar anomalies for H6, L6, x, y hands and the odd H8, L8, x, y hand.
It's enough to drive you mad! So, I just keep playing and absorbing.
Next pai gow stop: Macau, where apparently the only place to play is the venerable Casino Lisboa.
I don't understand why I pushed on this hand. I assume my "High 8" was not actually a high 8, and that the dealer's 3+1 tile makes their 8 better than my 8?
Thanks in advance :D Can't wait to master this game and finally play it in real life
. Which website? Take a look at the attached pic, so it’s a player win. I notice a problem with these tile dot patterns.Quote: harrisQuick question, Pai Gow Experts
I don't understand why I pushed on this hand. I assume my "High 8" was not actually a high 8, and that the dealer's 3+1 tile makes their 8 better than my 8?
Thanks in advance :D Can't wait to master this game and finally play it in real life
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Easy one. Your assumption was correct. The ‘gor’ tile in the dealer’s 8 is higher in rank than your 8 whose highest tile is ‘mooy’. (The 10).
Your hand as set is referred to as ‘high 8’ because it is the highest 8 YOU could make with YOUR 4 tiles.
Quote: harrisQuick question, Pai Gow Experts
I don't understand why I pushed on this hand. I assume my "High 8" was not actually a high 8, and that the dealer's 3+1 tile makes their 8 better than my 8?
Thanks in advance :D Can't wait to master this game and finally play it in real life
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I recently took time to learn the Legend Behind Pai Gow and it helped me memorize all those middle-rank tiles (instead of going with my gut)!
The dealer’s goose (3-1) tile beats your flower (5-5) tile on the 8-value hands, and you won the low hand 6 to 3, so you push this game.
The thing I have to remember now is that humans had flowers before clothing. I suppose that makes sense!
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I don't understand why I pushed on this hand. I assume my "High 8" was not actually a high 8, and that the dealer's 3+1 tile makes their 8 better than my 8?
Thanks in advance :D Can't wait to master this game and finally play it in real life
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Easy one. Your assumption was correct. The ‘gor’ tile in the dealer’s 8 is higher in rank than your 8 whose highest tile is ‘mooy’. (The 10).
Your hand as set is referred to as ‘high 8’ because it is the highest 8 YOU could make with YOUR 4 tiles.
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But, the highest tile in player’s high hand is a “Yun,” which is higher than dealer’s corresponding tile of “Gor.” Right? See the attached picture from the online calculator.
When the app uses high 8 to describe your hand, it is referring to the fact that your 8 is accompanied by the Muy 10 tile (5+5) which is higher than the lower ranking Ping 10 tile (6+4) that is also in your hand, correctly played with the Cheung 6 tile.
Long and short is that despite the "high-8" designation of your H10/8 set, the dealer's gnor tile (3+1) is higher, and dealer's 8 is accordingly higher than your 8.
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I don't understand why I pushed on this hand. I assume my "High 8" was not actually a high 8, and that the dealer's 3+1 tile makes their 8 better than my 8?
Thanks in advance :D Can't wait to master this game and finally play it in real life
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Easy one. Your assumption was correct. The ‘gor’ tile in the dealer’s 8 is higher in rank than your 8 whose highest tile is ‘mooy’. (The 10).
Your hand as set is referred to as ‘high 8’ because it is the highest 8 YOU could make with YOUR 4 tiles.
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But, the highest tile in player’s high hand is a “Yun,” which is higher than dealer’s corresponding tile of “Gor.” Right? See the attached picture from the online calculator.
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Wrong. The gor tile is higher than the other 7 tiles in both the player and banker hand. It doesn’t ‘seem’ like that 4 dot tile should be highly ranked, but it is.
