Hoiana Pai Gow
Hoiana Pai Gow is a simplified variant of the traditionalChinese tiles game that is widely played in Taiwan. The game uses a 32 tiles,and each player is dealt four tiles, which must be arranged into two hands: aHigh Hand and a Low Hand.
High Hand must always set as highest rank. The player’s twohands are then compared against the dealer’s two hands.
How To Play
· The Hoiana Pai Gow game shall be played with one standard set of 32 tiles.
· To participate in a round of play, the Player must place a wager on the appropriate betting area before the Dealer rolls the Dice to determine the tile open pattern.
· The Player may have the option to place wager on Player or Banker on his particular box.
- If the Player places wager on the Player Hand, this means that the Player is betting that his own tiles will win
- If the Player places wager on Banker Hand, this means the Player is betting that the Dealer’s tiles will win.
· The tiles are delivered to all placement boxes irrespective of whether there is a Bet or not.
· The set of four tiles delivered shall be arranged into two hands of two tiles each, referred to as the Low Hand and the High Hand.
· All the Player’s tiles and House’s tiles shall be set in accordance with the House Way.
· After completing the delivery of Tiles to the betting boxes, the Dealer shall immediately open and arrange his/her tiles.
· The Dealer shall then compare his Hand against each Player’s hands from right to left. Comparisons are always Low Hand to Low Hand and High Hand to High Hand, never one of each.
· The winning hand shall be the hand that has both Low Hand & High Hand rank higher than the other’s Low Hand & High Hand
· The winning hand shall be determined as follows:
| Comparison Outcome (Banker’s Hand vs Player’s Hand) |
Banker Hand | Player Hand | Wager Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banker wins on both Low Hand & High Hand | Wins | Loses | Banker Bet wins Player Bet loses |
| Banker loses on both Low Hand & High Hand | Loses | Wins | Banker Bet loses Player Bet wins |
| Banker wins on one Hand and loses on one Hand | Push | Push | All wagers push (Bet returns) |
| Banker wins on one Hand and ties on another Hand | Wins | Loses | Banker Bet wins Player Bet loses |
| Banker loses on one Hand and ties on another Hand | Loses | Wins | Banker Bet loses Player Bet wins |
| Banker has both Low Hand & High Hand tie | Push | Push | All wagers push (Bet returns) |
Payout Odds
Winning wager on the Hoiana Pai Gow game shall be paid as below:
| Winning Hand | Payout Odd |
|---|---|
| Winning Wager | 0.95 to 1 |
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