The two-card hand will either be a pair or two individual cards. The five-card hand is ranked as in standard poker, with the exception that an A-2-3-4-5 straight is the second highest straight.
Each player then arranges their seven cards into two hands, a five-card hand and a two-card hand. The banker usually designates which hands go to which player by shaking a dice cup with three dice the banker’s position is either 1, 8 or 15 and the hands are passed out counterclockwise. The dealer then gives each player seven cards. The game of Pai Gow Poker begins with the each player making a wager. The Pai Gow table layout has 7 spots, one in front of the dealer and 6 for players, like this:
