HOW TO PLAY FORTUNE PAI GOW POKER

Emperor’s Challenge Exposed is a commission-free, house-banked Pai Gow poker-based game using a standard 52-card deck and a Joker.  The Joker is used as an Ace or anything to complete a flush or straight. The object of the game is for the players to beat the dealer in both their two-card low hand and their five-card high hand. Emperor’s Challenge Exposed also contains optional bonus wagers that are not dependent on the base game’s outcome.

The game begins by each player placing a main wager and may place any optional Emperor’s Treasure and/or Pai Gow Insurance. After all wagers are placed, each player and the dealer are dealt seven cards face down.  A random number generator determines which player receives the first seven cards. 

The dealer sets their five –card hand and two-card hand according to the House Way.

If it is determined that the dealer has an Ace-high pai gow, all main wagers will be a pushed.

Each player must then set their two-card low hand and a five-card high hand and place each in their designated spot on the layout.  The ranking of the five-card hand must be higher than the two-card hand.  If not, the hand is a foul it will lose.

Each player’s hands are compared to the dealer’s respective hands and the main wager is reconciled as follows:  If both the player’s hands beat the dealer respective hands, the player’s main wager is paid 1 to 1.  If one of the player’s hands beats the dealer’s respective hand and the other hand loses or ties the dealer’s respective hand, the player’s main wager is a push.  If both the player’s hands lose or tie the dealer’s respective hands, the player’s main wager loses.

The dealer reconciles all optional bonus wagers.

Pai Gow Insurance Players win if their* seven-card hand achieves a winning event as displayed on the corresponding pay table.
*Optionally, the player may choose, in advance, to wager that the dealer’s hand is a pai gow. If the player chooses this option, the dealer places a designated lammer directly adjacent to the player’s Pai Gow Insurance wager.

Emperor’s Treasure (with Envy Bonus) Players win if their seven-card hand achieves a winning event as displayed on the corresponding pay table in.  If the player’s Emperor’s Treasure wager equals or exceeds $5, a designated lammer is placed directly adjacent to the player’s Emperor’s Treasure wager, indicating the player qualifies for an Envy Bonus. A player wins an Envy Bonus if another player at the table achieves a winning event as displayed on the corresponding Envy Bonus pay table. Players cannot win an Envy Bonus on their own hand.

Rank of Hand in Emperor’s Treasure
Five Aces
Royal Flush
Straight Flush
Four of a Kind
Full House
Flush
Straight*
Three of a Kind
Two Pair 
One Pair
High Card
*A-2-3-4-5 is the second highest straight
 

Emperor’s Challenge Face Up Pai Gow Poker