paigow training hai j shen international association of certified surveillance professionals
TRANSCRIPT
Introduction Pai Gow Poker is a variation from Pai Gow Tile Originally from Macau in late 70’s Introduced to USA in late 80’s Play with 2 decks of 53 cards There are 6 Players at the game plus a house hand 4 cards were not played during the game The 1st hand was determined by the random number
generator or 3 dices 5% vig is charged on all player winning
Ranking
Pair Two Cards that have the same value NEVER split a pair
Three of Kind Three Cards that have the save value Only Split Three of Kind Aces
Ranking #2
Straight 5 cards that in consecutive numerical
order Some Houses will break the Straight if
there are two pairs involved Flush
5 cards that in the same suite Some Houses will break the Flush if there
are two pairs involved
Ranking #3
Full House Three of Kind & One Pair Place the Pair in Low Hand & Three of
Kind in High Hand
Four of Kind 4 cards that have the same value Break the four of kind according to house rule
DAR Entry #1 Who
Player Name & Account Number
WhenTime Entered Game & Departure
WhereTable Number & Spot Number
How MuchPlay Buy in, Wager & Bonus Wager
Pattern
DAR Entry #2
Other Players On the Game
Player is alone
Player has friends next to him
Player shares bank roll with friends
Coverage Tri-Shot Coverage
Table ShotIt is a fixed shots that covers entire action of the table
Overall ShotIt is a fixed shots that initiated from the back of the player. It is able to identify the Floorperson Dealer and Players.
Zoom ShotIt is a PTZ camera that allows investigator to zoom in and look into specific hands and pay out.
Opening the Game
Spread cards in the center of the game
Placing the Joker in the middle Check the front & back of the cards Wash the cards Hand Shuffle the cards Placing the cards into the shuffler
House Rule
Stratosphere Hotel Casino & Tower House Rule
Low Pairs: 2s to 5s Medium Pairs: 6s to 9s High Pairs: 10s to Kings Pair of Aces
House Rule #2
Two Pair Rules Low Low & Low Medium
Ace or King in Low Hand Otherwise split
Low High & Medium Medium Ace & Face Card in Low Hand Otherwise split
High High & High Medium Always Split
House Rule #3
Two Pairs Rule: Any Pair with Pair of Aces
Always Split
Three Pairs Rule: Highest pair in Low Hand
Four of Kind Rule: Split according to the two pair rule
House Rule #4
Straight or Flush Rule Keep the Straight or Flush If there are two pairs involved, follow the
two pairs rule If there is a Straight or Flush at the same
time, make decision to enhance the Low Hand
Dealing the Game The 1st set of cards were dealt to the spot determined by
the number generator
The 2nd set of cards were dealer to the spot on 1st hand’s right hand side
The cards were dealt counter-clockwise regardless if the spot was occupied or not
Spread the remaining 4 cards
Dealing the Game #2 Players review their cards and set 2 card in low hand & 5
cards in high hand Dealer review his/her hand after all the players finished
with their hands and set the hand according to the house way
Dealer compare his/her hand with the player’s hand starting from his/her right hand side move counter-clockwise Dealer collect the losing wager & placing the cards to the
discard rack Dealer push the player’s wager & placing the cards to the
discard rack Dealer will leave the player’s cards and wager on the layout
if the player’s winning and paying the player later
Player Banking Player has to wager the previous hand Player can wager up to the previous wager Player can not bank the game more than once The 1st spot is the player banker Player pays 5% vig on total winning
Player Banking #2 Player indicated that he is going to bank the
game Dealer placing the banker button in front of the
player banker Dealer placing equal amount of cheques at
his/her right hand side Game was dealt as if the player is the dealer All player review their hands and set their
hands The player banker review the hand and set
his/her hand
Player Banking #3 Dealer review his/her hand and compare
his/her hand with the player banker If banker won dealer placing the house hand
under the cheques If banker push, dealer placing the cheques back
to the rack If banker loss, dealer placing the cheques back
to the rack & collect the losing wager Dealer placing the player banker’s hand at
house hand’s position and proceed the game
Bonus Bet
Bonus Wager is a side bet that player can make Player has to have minimum Straight to
win (with or without Joker) Player does not have to keep the bonus
hand in the high hand
Bonus Bet Pay TableStraight 2 to 1Three of Kind 3 to 1Flush 4 to 1Full House 5 to 1Four of Kind 20 to 1Straight Flush 50 to 1Royal Flush w/ Joker 100 to 15 Aces 250 to 1Royal Flush w/o Joker 1000 to 17 Cards Straight Flush 5000 to 1
Envy Bonus
Envy Bonus is $5 or more on the Bonus Bet Player will not be paid if the player himself
or the dealer hits the bonus Dealer will place a Envy Button at the bonus
wager
Common Problem with Envy Bonus
Dealer will forget taking down the Envy Button if the player reduce the bonus wager
Dealer will pay 5 to 1 on Four of Kind Dealer will forget taking down the Bonus
Wager
Envy Bonus Table
7 Card Straight Flush $1000Royal Flush $2507 Card Straight Flush $1005 Aces $50Royal Flush $25Straight Flush $104 of a Kind $5
Common Cheating & Tells #1
Press & Pinch the wager Move or Increase the Tokes
Dealer move the toke from wager to bonus wager resulting high toke amount
Not taking down the Losing toke bet
Switch Cards Between two Players Introduce foreign cards
Common Cheating & Tells #2
Dealer & Agent Collusion Not Collect Losing Wager (Push the Loser) Paying Pushing Wager (Pay the Pusher) Expose the dealers cards Fail to set correct house hand Ignore the Players act Not charging correct amount vigs Floorperson distract dealer in the middle of the game Dealer will identify an in-experienced player on the game.
When agent bank the game, dealer will sacrifice this victim player. Dealer will benefit from the toke.
Watch the Game Observe the Opening & Shuffling Procedures Make sure the 1st hand was dealt to the correct spot Make sure Dealer check the remaining 4 cards Make sure Dealer does not spread the house cards Make sure Dealer set house way correctly Make sure the player handling the cards correctly Make sure the take & pay procedures were followed Make sure the cards were shuffled correctly before
placing into the shuffle machine
Watch the Game #2 Losing Hand:
Dealer has no pair Dealer has two low pairs w/o Ace or King
Pushing Hand: Dealer has 3 Pairs Dealer has strong High Hand but weak Low Hand
Winning Hand: Dealer has a pair in Low Hand & at least Three of
Kind in High Hand
Watching the Game #3
When Dealer has Losing Hand, focus on the paying & vig
When Dealer has Pushing Hand, focus on the players hand to make sure Dealer did not pay a push or push a losing hand
When Dealer has Winning Hand, focus on collecting losing wagers
Common Dealer Error Two Pair Rules
Small Small & Small Medium: Dealer will confuse 6 as small and 10 as medium
Three Pairs Fail to place the strongest pair in low hand
6 Cards or 7 Cards Straight Fail to place the strongest card in low hand
Four of Kind Simply Split Two Pairs
Common Dealer Error #2
Flush & Straight Fail to Identify which decisions will enhance the low hand
Calculate Vigs $5 charges $0.25 $25 Charges $1.25 $375 Charges $18.75 ($300 Charges $15 & $75 Charges
$3.75)
Typical Asian Play Blue or Red
Player is particularly wagering higher amount of money on Blue or Red Deck
Bank the Game and Beat DealerPlayer will bank the game after one or more losing hands. The ideology is to receive stronger cards that dealer use to have. Normally other player will not play when Player is banking the game.
Typical Asian Play #2
Follow the Zin & Zen
Player will increase the wager when dealer shows weak hands.
Player will increase the wager when his weak hand beats dealer’s weaker hand.
Player will increase the wager when his stronger hand beats dealer’s strong hand.
Player will decrease the wager after consecutive push hands.
Typical Asian Play #3
Record play pattern All above play pattern was not mathematically
proved. However, most Asian player has their pattern. DAR should record these pattern when we watch their play. The deviation from the pattern may suggest that guest may have knowledge about information that we are not aware of.
Macau Rules
Several Layer Deep The players were allowed to play up to 5
layer deep and the one player with highest wager makes the decision for others
Macau Rules
Player is allowed to bank the game twice If the player won the previous hand The player has to wager twice the first
wager The Player who bank the game only
loss/win as much as he was betting
Pai Gow Terminology House Hand: referring to the dealer’s hand
Player Hand: referring to the guest’s hand
Banker: referring to whoever bank the game
Copy Hand: referring to the player and the banker are having the exactly same cards
Pai Gow: referring to a hand without a pair
Fail Hand: referring to the low hand is stronger than the high hand. It is an automatic loss.
Joker: Joke can be played as Ace, Straight Flush, Even Straight Flush whatever strongest