Face up vs Face Down Pai Gow

I would love to hear everyone’s thoughts on Face Up Pai Gow vs Face Down Pai Gow. I’ve never played face down but I’m assuming it has a lower house edge because of the A high Push? Or is it just lower because face up has the side bet. Thoughts?

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I would love to hear everyone’s thoughts on Face Up Pai Gow vs Face Down Pai Gow. I’ve never played face down but I’m assuming it has a lower house edge because of the A high Push? Or is it just lower because face up has the side bet. Thoughts?
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Very similar. I can’t remember which is higher!

But I’m SURE there are many more player strategy errors on face down, which will add to the casino’s take.

For players like me, I’ve made $$$ on dealer’s errors . There are numerous threads here discussing the ethics of such.

Not impossible, but certainly fewer player and dealer errors on face up.

If you don’t want to think at all, baccarat has a lower house edge than face up.

I like the occasional strategy decision in face down, especially when seeing other cards changes the necessary strategy.

I played both but like face-up a lot more. Face-down is a torture to players, but house edge is lower there mainly because players may banker.

The 5% commission in face down kills RTP. But the casino accepts the lower house edge of face up because they don’t need to deal with calculating commissions, player banking, and faster game play.