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PAI GOW TILES 10 You may have been at your local LA Casino lately and noticed something different. No, I'm not talking about that cute new Blackjack dealer, I'm talking about a game that you might not have noticed before. As you walk by the table where the people seem to be laughing and enjoying a game of dominoes, take notice. Upon closer inspection, you would find that this is the game of Pai Gow Tiles. Well, we here at Live don't want you to be left out, so here's a free lesson in Pai Gow Tiles 101. To begin there are 32 dominoes used in Pai Gow, which are mixed or shuffled by the House Supervisor. These dominoes are placed in eight (8) stacks of four (4) dominoes each. The Player/Dealer and up to seven (7) players are then dealt one stack (four dominoes) each. The object of the game is to set the dominoes into two hands (front and back, two dominoes per hand) for the best "ranking" combination. If they are lower, the Player/Dealer wins. When the Player/Dealer and players have the same ranking combinations, the Player/Dealer is the winner. The First 16 rankings of the game must be memorized unless you have a chart to refer to which is also acceptable. • The highest is the "Supreme" combinations, which in Chinese is called "Jee Joon", and consists of domino three (red 1, white 2) and domino six (white 2, red 4). • The second through the sixteenth rankings are pairs or "Bo". The pairs do not follow a number sequence from highest to lowest or vice versa. The pairs are actually symbols to the Chinese. For example, the second highest ranking is the pair of twelves called "Double Heaven". The third ranking is the pair of twos called "Double Earth". The fourth ranking is the pair of red eights or "Double People", etc. (Seechart). • The thirteenth to sixteenth ranking pairs are not identical dominoes, but instead are known as mixed (chop) pairs. After the pair rankings, the best combinations are the "Wong" (King" which is the twelve (Heaven) and any nine. This ranking followed by the dominoes two (Earth) and the nine. • Next is the "Gong" (Steel) which is the twelve (Heaven) and any eight followed by the two (Earth) and any eight. • When Bo (pairs) Wong, or Gong combinations cannot be made, the next combinations are ranked from nine to zero. These are the most common rankings and they represent the basis of the game of Pai Gow (Cards - Nine). For example, the two dominoes 10 and 9 make a 9. The 11 and 4 make a 5. The 11 and 9 make a zero. With the four dominoes a player is dealt, the player makes two combinations which will both total closest to nine. The object in setting both combinations is to have them both higher than the two combinations of the hand being playing against. When the both the player and the Player/ Dealer have two dominoes totaling the same number, the combinations with the higher "single ranking" is the winner.