Fortune Pai Gow Poker is identical to the casino game Pai Gow Poker with an additional bonus wager. The additional bonus wager is a bet that their best five-card or seven-card hand, from their original seven-cards, will make a qualifying poker hand, regardless of how the player sets their Pai Gow Poker hand.
Each player must make a Pai Gow wager and optionally make a Fortune Bonus bet. Each player arranges two poker hands. One is five cards (highest hand) and one is two cards (second highest hand). The second highest hand is placed face down horizontally above the vertical outline for the high hand. After the hands have been set the player may no longer touch their hand. When a player sets their hand with the two-card hand higher than the five-card hand it is called a, “fouled hand” and the bet loses.
Only the player placing the bet may set their cards except if a player requests assistance from the dealer. The dealer sets player’s hands house way and indicates they are assisting by placing a “house way button” by the player’s bet.
The dealer must set their hand the house way. If during the pay/take sequence it is discovered that the hand was set wrong, all winning hands will still be on the layout while the tie and losing hands will be in the discard rack in the order they were picked up. All hands are spread in front of each player before any outcome can be changed. The dealer’s hand must be reset to house way. Both the high hand and the second highest hand must win or lose for a position to win or lose. If one hand wins and one hand loses the bet is pushed. Any hand that is an exact copy results in a win for the banker’s hand.
Ranking of hands:
Five Aces, Royal Flush, Straight Flush, Four of a Kind, Full House, Flush, Straights (Highest: A-K-Q-J-10, Second Highest: A-2-3-4-5), Three of a Kind, Two Pair, One Pair, High Card
- There is no co-banking.
- The Joker may be used as an Ace or a fill-in card for straights and flushes.
- The three dice in the dice cup determine the order in which the hands are delivered. The bank position is always 1, 8, or 15.
- The Floor Supervisor’s decision is final.
- If the player gets 3 pairs, the bonus bet is a push.
Fortune Payoff:
- 7-card Straight Flush—no Joker 2,500 to 1 (Envy $1000)
- Royal Flush plus Royal Match 1,000 to 1 (Envy $750)
- 7-card Straight Flush—with Joker 750 to 1 (Envy $250)
- Five Aces 250 to 1 (Envy $100)
- Royal Flush 125 to 1 (Envy $50)
- Four of a Kind 25 to 1 (Envy $20)
- Full House 5 to 1 (Envy $5)
- Flush 4 to 1
- Three of a Kind 3 to 1
- Straight 2 to 1
There is a maximum $20,000 aggregate payoff per round of play.