Pai Gow Tiles House Ways
September 5th, 2011 at 4:56:11 AM
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My local casino plays 7-7 as thier house way, when they have non pairing tens with a pair of sevens. My question is, would it be better for the house to play nothing pair or 7-7 ? If so, what is the diffrence in house advantage on the hand ?
September 5th, 2011 at 6:34:20 AM
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Quote: man13gMy local casino plays 7-7 as thier house way, when they have non pairing tens with a pair of sevens. My question is, would it be better for the house to play nothing pair or 7-7 ? If so, what is the diffrence in house advantage on the hand ?
The house is going for the win by playing it that way. While 7-7 loses to 9-Gong or even potentially 7-8, it's still a stronger play than putting nothing up. The only way the house wins with nothing is if the player has nothing, and then the player still could have a stronger pair.
I don't have numbers to back this up, but from my experience, houses like to balance before playing nothing.
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September 5th, 2011 at 7:33:18 AM
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My pai gow calculator was made for questions like this. It shows playing 7-7 has an EV 6% higher.
As a rough rule of thumb, give any pair 12 points. So you have 12+0=12 or 7+7=14. Go with the 14 points.
As a rough rule of thumb, give any pair 12 points. So you have 12+0=12 or 7+7=14. Go with the 14 points.
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