It is played on a table set for six players, plus the dealer. The game is played with a standard 52-card deck, plus a single joker.
The game of pai gow poker was created in 1985 in the United States by Sam Torosian, owner of the Bell Card Club.
Pai gow poker (also called double-hand poker) is a version of pai gow that is played with playing cards, instead of traditional pai gow's Chinese dominoes.
