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Life and career. Bridge and his sister, who would become the actress Loie Bridge, were raised by their mother and stepfather, a Philadelphia butcher. Bridge went into vaudeville with relatives when he was still a teenager Bridge served in the American infantry during World War I. Rejoining relatives in a theatrical troupe, Bridge toured the U.S. As an actor and wrote a few scripts. If you're just looking for a term, a reference, you could call someone your 'pal'. That is also a word more common for males, but consider the term pen-pal; it can be gender-neutral. However, 'pal' is rarely used in any positive sense today. Alternatively you could use 'BFF' (best-friend-forever) or 'best friend'.

Al Bridge (February 26, 1891 – December 27, 1957) was an American character actor who played mostly small roles in over 270 films between 1931 and 1954. Bridge's persona was an unpleasant, gravel-voiced man with an untidy moustache. Sometimes credited as Alan Bridge, and frequently not credited onscreen at all, he appeared in many westerns, especially in the Hopalong Cassidy series, where he played crooked sheriffs and henchmen.

Life and career[edit]

Bridge and his sister, who would become the actress Loie Bridge,^[1] were raised by their mother and stepfather, a Philadelphia butcher.^[2] Bridge went into vaudeville with relatives when he was still a teenager^[3] Bridge served in the American infantry during World War I.^[4] Rejoining relatives in a theatrical troupe, Bridge toured the U.S. as an actor^[5] and wrote a few scripts. He broke into movies with a pair of minor screenplays (the comedy short Her Hired Husband in 1930 and a Western, God's Country and the Man^[6] (1931), in which he also appeared. He spent the next 25 years as a familiar face in B-Westerns and mainstream comedies and dramas. In the forties, Bridge was part of Preston Sturges' unofficial 'stock company' of character actors, appearing in ten of the eleven American films that Sturges wrote and directed.^[7] He is perhaps best remembered for his role as 'The Mister', the chain-gang boss over Joel McCrea in Preston Sturges' Sullivan's Travels.^[8]

Bridge's television work, which began in 1950 includes appearances on The Range Rider and The Gene Autry Show as well as other programs.

Bridge died in Los Angeles two months before his 67th birthday.

Selected filmography[edit]

• God's Country and the Man (1931) - Livermore
• Rider of the Plains (1931) - Deputy Bill Gaines
• The Ridin' Fool (1931) - Nikkos
• Partners of the Trail (1931) - Henchman (uncredited)
• Galloping Thru (1931) - Sandy Thompson
• South of Santa Fe (1932) - Henchman Bully
• Police Court (1932)
• Spirit of the West (1932) - Tom Fallon
• Unholy Love (1932) - Police Sergeant (uncredited)
• A Man's Land (1932) - Steve - Rustler
• Million Dollar Legs (1932) - Secret Emissary #3 (uncredited)
• The Hurricane Express (1932, Serial) - Carlson
• The Thirteenth Guest (1932) - Policeman (uncredited)
• Broadway to Cheyenne (1932) - Al
• Blonde Venus (1932) - Bouncer (uncredited)
• Cowboy Counsellor (1932) - Sheriff Matt Farraday
• Slightly Married (1932) - Tenant (uncredited)
• The Devil Horse (1932) - Curley Bates - Henchman
• The Wyoming Whirlwind (1932) - Steve Cantrell
• When a Man Rides Alone (1933) - Montana Slade
• The Cheyenne Kid (1933) - Denver Ed
• Drum Taps (1933) - Lariat Smith
• The Thundering Herd (1933) - Catlee - Pruitt's Henchman
• Sucker Money (1933) - George Hunter
• Black Beauty (1933) - Hack Driver
• Son of the Border (1933) - Tupper
• The Lone Avenger (1933) - Burl Adams
• Sunset Pass (1933) - Tom
• Fighting Texans (1933) - Gus Durkin
• Fighting with Kit Carson (1933, Serial) - Henchman Reynolds [Chs. 1-7, 10, 12]
• The Trail Drive (1933) - Henchman Bucko (uncredited)
• Murder on the Campus (1933) - Grimes, City Editor (uncredited)
• Twin Husbands (1933) - Highway Patrolman (uncredited)
• Public Stenographer (1934) - Detective Scott (uncredited)
• Good Dame (1934) - Patrol Car Cop (uncredited)
• Looking for Trouble (1934) - Lineman (uncredited)
• The Trumpet Blows (1934) - Policeman (uncredited)
• Honor of the Range (1934) - Townsman (uncredited)
• We're Not Dressing (1934) - Ship's Officer - Rescue Party (uncredited)
• Burn 'Em Up Barnes (1934, Serial) - Henchman Tucker [Chs. 3-12] (uncredited)
• The Curtain Falls (1934) - Mover (uncredited)
• Mystery Mountain (1934) - Tom Henderson
• North of Arizona (1935) - George Tully
• Outlaw Rule (1935) - Deputy Bat Lindstrom
• Transient Lady (1935) - Sheriff Angel Verner
• Circumstantial Evidence (1935) - John Cassidy (uncredited)
• Alias Mary Dow (1935) - Ditch-Digger (uncredited)
• Silent Valley (1935) - Jim Farley
• The Headline Woman (1935) - Baker, Editor (uncredited)
• The Murder Man (1935) - Judge John C. Garfield (uncredited)
• The Adventures of Rex and Rinty (1935, Serial) - Henchman Mitchell [Chs. 1-6, 10]
• Diamond Jim (1935) - Poker Player on Train (uncredited)
• The Gay Deception (1935) - Jail Attendant (uncredited)
• Confidential (1935) - Hanover - Walsh's Henchman
• Valley of Wanted Men (1935) - Ranger Sergeant Parsons
• Melody Trail (1935) - Matt Kirby
• Rendezvous (1935) - Sergeant (uncredited)
• The New Frontier (1935) - Kit
• A Night at the Opera (1935) - Immigration Inspector (uncredited)
• Gallant Defender (1935) - Salty Smith
• The Adventures of Frank Merriwell (1936, Serial) - Henchman Black
• The Bridge of Sighs (1936) - Ballistics Expert (uncredited)
• The Lawless Nineties (1936) - Steele
• Fast Bullets (1936) - Travis
• The Music Goes 'Round (1936) - Police Inspector (uncredited)
• Call of the Prairie (1936) - Sam Porter
• These Three (1936) - Mrs. Walton's Chauffeur (uncredited)
• And So They Were Married (1936) - Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
• Public Enemy's Wife (1936) - Swartzman
• Mary of Scotland (1936) - (uncredited)
• Crash Donovan (1936) - Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
• They Met in a Taxi (1936) - Detective (uncredited)
• The Three Mesquiteers (1936) - Olin Canfield
• Ace Drummond (1936, Serial) - Paul Wyckoff
• Trail Dust (1936) - Tom Babson
• Dodge City Trail (1936) - Dawson
• Jungle Jim (1937, Serial) - Slade
• Westbound Mail (1937) - 'Bull' Feeney
• You Only Live Once (1937) - Guard (uncredited)
• Borderland (1937) - Dandy Morgan - Henchman
• Song of the City (1937) - Captain (uncredited)
• Two Gun Law (1937) - Kipp Faulkner
• Woman Chases Man (1937) - Process Server (uncredited)
• Married Before Breakfast (1937) - Police Driver (uncredited)
• One Man Justice (1937) - Red Grindy
• Wild West Days (1937) - Steve Claggett
• They Won't Forget (1937) - Mob Leader Outside Governor's Mansion (uncredited)
• Dead End (1937) - Policeman in Drina's Apartment (uncredited)
• Western Gold (1937) - Holman
• The Awful Truth (1937) - Motor Cop (uncredited)
• Springtime in the Rockies (1937) - Briggs
• Tim Tyler's Luck (1937, Serial) - Capt. Trowbridge [Ch. 1] (uncredited)
• Partners of the Plains (1938) - Scar Lewis
• Little Miss Roughneck (1938) - Sheriff
• Born to Be Wild (1938) - Kennedy - Trucker in Cafe (uncredited)
• Jezebel (1938) - New Orleans Sheriff (uncredited)
• Two Gun Justice (1938) - Sheriff
• Crime School (1938) - Mr. Burke
• Gunsmoke Trail (1938) - Sheriff chasing Loma
• Reformatory (1938) - Guard (uncredited)
• Highway Patrol (1938) - Jarvis
• The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1938) - Blackie (uncredited)
• Flaming Frontiers (1938, Serial) - John Merkle [Chs. 6-7] (uncredited)
• Marie Antoinette (1938) - Official in Passport Office (uncredited)
• The Colorado Trail (1938) - Mark Sheldon
• Down in 'Arkansaw' (1938) - Jake
• Adventure in Sahara (1938) - Cpl. Dronov
• Call of the Rockies (1938) - Weston
• The Phantom Creeps (1939) - White Rose Sailor (uncredited)
• Devil's Island (1939) - Captain of the Guards (uncredited)
• Frontiers of '49 (1939) - Army Sergeant (uncredited)
• Risky Business (1939) - Cop (uncredited)
• The Oklahoma Kid (1939) - Would-Be Settler (uncredited)
• Romance of the Redwoods (1939) - Boss Whittaker
• Buck Rogers (1939, Serial) - Dynamo Room Floor Guard (uncredited)
• Blue Montana Skies (1939) - Marshal
• The Man from Sundown (1939) - Slick Larson
• Thunder Afloat (1939) - Fisherman (uncredited)
• No Place to Go (1939) - Frank Crowley
• Oklahoma Frontier (1939) - Kentuck (uncredited)
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) - Senator Dwight (uncredited)
• The Roaring Twenties (1939) - Ship Captain (uncredited)
• The Stranger from Texas (1939) - Jeff Browning
• My Son Is Guilty (1939) - Police Lieutenant at Holdup (uncredited)
• West of Carson City (1940) - Foreman of the Jury (uncredited)
• My Little Chickadee (1940) - Barfly Drinking Straight Whiskey (uncredited)
• Pioneers of the Frontier (1940) - Marshal Larsen
• The Courageous Dr. Christian (1940) - Sheriff
• Blazing Six Shooters (1940) - Bert Karsin
• Dark Command (1940) - Slave Trader (uncredited)
• If I Had My Way (1940) - Doorman (uncredited)
• Passport to Alcatraz (1940) - James Carver (uncredited)
• Winners of the West (1940, Serial) - Captain [Ch. 13] (uncredited)
• When the Daltons Rode (1940) - Townsman (uncredited)
• Flowing Gold (1940) - Highway Patrolman (uncredited)
• Diamond Frontier (1940) - Guard (uncredited)
• Barnyard Follies (1940) - Policeman (uncredited)
• Christmas in July (1940) - Mr. Hillbeiner
• Santa Fe Trail (1940) - Palmyra Townsman (uncredited)
• The Green Hornet Strikes Again! (1940, Serial) - Ship's Captain (uncredited)
• The Lone Rider Rides On (1941) - Bob Cameron
• The Face Behind the Mask (1941) - Flop House Manager (uncredited)
• The Kid's Last Ride (1941) - Bob Harmon, aka Jim Breeden
• The Lady Eve (1941) - First Steward (uncredited)
• Double Date (1941) - Sergeant O'Rourke (uncredited)
• The Lady from Cheyenne (1941) - Mr. Matthews
• The Lone Rider Rides On (1941) - Bob Cameron
• Road to Zanzibar (1941) - Colonial Policeman with Inspector (uncredited)
• Lady from Louisiana (1941) - Captain of Police (uncredited)
• The Big Boss (1941) - Minor Role (uncredited)
• Country Fair (1941) - (uncredited)
• Law of the Range (1941) - Jamison
• Rawhide Rangers (1941) - Rawlings
• Wild Geese Calling (1941) - Minor Role (uncredited)
• The Little Foxes (1941) - Dawson (uncredited)
• Badlands of Dakota (1941) - Plainview Lawman (uncredited)
• Honky Tonk (1941) - Townsman at Meeting House (uncredited)
• Tuxedo Junction (1941) - Chief Conway (uncredited)
• Sullivan's Travels (1941) - The Mister
• Fighting Bill Fargo (1941) - Tom Houston
• Honolulu Lu (1941) - Shooting Gallery Proprietor (uncredited)
• Road Agent (1941) - Rancher (uncredited)
• Sealed Lips (1942) - Newspaper Morgue Attendant (uncredited)
• West of Tombstone (1942) - U. S. Marshal (uncredited)
• Pardon My Stripes (1942) - Guard (uncredited)
• Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942) - Man (uncredited)
• The Man Who Returned to Life (1942) - Hobo (uncredited)
• The Mad Doctor of Market Street (1942) - Ship's Officer on Bridge (uncredited)
• Reap the Wild Wind (1942) - Cutler Man in Barrel Room (uncredited)
• The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine (1942) - Trustee
• Saboteur (1942) - Marine MP Sergeant (uncredited)
• In This Our Life (1942) - Worker (uncredited)
• Meet the Stewarts (1942) - Police Turnkey (uncredited)
• Juke Girl (1942) - Farmer Hiring Bean Pickers (uncredited)
• Lady in a Jam (1942) - Furniture Mover (uncredited)
• Men of Texas (1942) - Goodrich (uncredited)
• Bad Men of the Hills (1942) - Sheriff Mace Arnold
• The Talk of the Town (1942) - Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
• The Palm Beach Story (1942) - Conductor
• Bells of Capistrano (1942) - Westfall Saloon Bartender (uncredited)
• A Man's World (1942) - Capt. Peterson (uncredited)
• I Married a Witch (1942) - Second Prison Guard (uncredited)
• The Traitor Within (1942) - Henchman (uncredited)
• Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground (1943) - Matt Warner
• Idaho (1943) - Jailer (uncredited)
• The Man from Thunder River (1943) - Prospector (uncredited)
• Petticoat Larceny (1943) - Jack Goss (uncredited)
• Nobody's Darling (1943) - Bum (uncredited)
• The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1943) - Mr. Johnson
• And the Angels Sing (1944) - Squad Car Policeman (uncredited)
• The Great Moment (1944) - Mr. Stone (uncredited)
• Hail the Conquering Hero (1944) - Political Boss
• Cry of the Werewolf (1944) - Coroner at Inquest (uncredited)
• The Merry Monahans (1944) - Man on Train (uncredited)
• The Unwritten Code (1944) - Sheriff (uncredited)
• The Missing Juror (1944) - Deputy Sheriff Ben (uncredited)
• The Princess and the Pirate (1944) - Pirate (uncredited)
• The Jade Mask (1945) - Sheriff Mack
• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945) - Cheap Charlie (uncredited)
• A Guy, a Gal and a Pal (1945) - Mayor (uncredited)
• Thunderhead, Son of Flicka (1945) - Dr. Hicks (uncredited)
• Salty O'Rourke (1945) - Bartender (uncredited)
• The Clock (1945) - Second Subway Official (uncredited)
• Escape in the Desert (1945) - Citizen Gunman (uncredited)
• The Unseen (1945) - Truck Driver (uncredited)
• Both Barrels Blazing (1945) - Lucky Thorpe (uncredited)
• Blazing the Western Trail (1945) - Forrest Brent (uncredited)
• Saratoga Trunk (1945) - Soule Gang Engineer (uncredited)
• She Wouldn't Say Yes (1945) - Conductor (uncredited)
• Road to Utopia (1945) - Ship Captain (uncredited)
• They Were Expendable (1945) - Lieutenant Colonel (uncredited)
• Miss Susie Slagle's (1946) - Cab Driver (uncredited)
• Deadline at Dawn (1946) - Detective Smiley (uncredited)
• The Falcon's Alibi (1946) - Police Inspector Blake
• Shadows Over Chinatown (1946) - Capt. Allen
• My Pal Trigger (1946) - Henry Wallace (uncredited)
• Cowboy Blues (1946) - Jim Peters (uncredited)
• Below the Deadline (1946) - Turner
• Two Years Before the Mast (1946) - Publisher (uncredited)
• Cross My Heart (1946) - Det. Flynn
• It's a Wonderful Life (1946) - Sheriff with arrest warrant (uncredited)
• Alias Mr. Twilight (1946) - Sam Bartlett
• Singin' in the Corn (1946) - Honest John Richards
• The Mighty McGurk (1947) - Toothless Derelict (uncredited)
• California (1947) - Town Marshal (uncredited)
• Nora Prentiss (1947) - NYC Policeman (uncredited)
• The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947) - Wild Bill Hickock
• The Michigan Kid (1947) - Sheriff (uncredited)
• Dick Tracy's Dilemma (1947) - Mr. Cudd (uncredited)
• Framed (1947) - Judge (uncredited)
• Robin Hood of Texas (1947) - Sheriff
• Down to Earth (1947) - Police Captain (uncredited)
• Song of the Thin Man (1947) - Nagle - Waterfront Policeman (uncredited)
• The Hal Roach Comedy Carnival (1947) - Bartender, in 'Fabulous Joe'
• The Fabulous Joe (1947) - Florida Club Bartender
• Black Gold (1947) - Dr. Jonas, Veterinarian (uncredited)
• Unconquered (1947) - Militiaman at Fair (uncredited)
• Messenger of Peace (1947) - Harry Franzmeirer
• T-Men (1947) - Agent in Phone Booth (uncredited)
• Road to Rio (1947) - Ship's Officer (uncredited)
• Smart Woman (1948) - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
• Fury at Furnace Creek (1948) - Lawyer (uncredited)
• Silver River (1948) - Sam Slade
• Unfaithfully Yours (1948) - House Detective
• Quick on the Trigger (1948) - Judge Kormac
• That Wonderful Urge (1948) - Conovan (uncredited)
• The Paleface (1948) - Governor's Horseman (uncredited)
• South of St. Louis (1949) - Farmer (uncredited)
• The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949) - Sheriff Ambrose
• The Doolins of Oklahoma (1949) - Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
• Trail of the Yukon (1949) - The Drunk (uncredited)
• The Devil's Henchman (1949) - Elmer Hood
• Roseanna McCoy (1949) - Medicine Seller (uncredited)
• The Traveling Saleswoman (1950) - P. Carter (uncredited)
• A Woman of Distinction (1950) - Editor (uncredited)
• North of the Great Divide (1950) - Henry Gates (uncredited)
• The Tougher They Come (1950) - Jensen
• California Passage (1950) - Conover
• Hunt the Man Down (1950) - Ulysses Grant Sheldon (uncredited)
• Oh! Susanna (1951) - Jake Ledbetter
• In Old Amarillo (1951) - Sheriff (uncredited)
• Strangers on a Train (1951) - Tennis Judge (uncredited)
• Utah Wagon Train (1951) - Sam Sickle
• All That I Have (1951) - John Biddle, Gardener
• The Last Musketeer (1952) - Lem Shaver
• We're Not Married! (1952) - Det. Magnus (uncredited)
• Barbed Wire (1952) - McGraw (uncredited)
• Iron Mountain Trail (1953) - The Marshal
• Jubilee Trail (1954) - Mr. Turner (uncredited)
• Hell's Outpost (1954) - Banker (uncredited) (final film role)

References[edit]

1. ^'Actress Loie Bridge Dies at 84,' 'Los Angeles Times, March 10, 1974 https://www.newspapers.com/image/381501986/?article=8626c5ea-374e-4ffd-a008-59ccc61af1ed&focus=0.85379636,0.7683134,0.9760975,0.9714055&xid=3355&_ga=2.178929891.690596054.1604435973-1157292148.1569503008
2. ^1910 U.S. Census, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
3. ^'Victor Faust as the 'Tramp' and Alan Bridge as 'Jimmie Scarecrow', The Dodge City Globe Dodge City, Kansas, Jan. 17, 1907, https://www.newspapers.com/image/339708240/?terms=%22Alfred%20Bridge%22&match=1
4. ^U.S. Veterans Administration grave marker, Valhalla Memorial Park, Burbank, California
5. ^1920 U.S. Census, Kansas City, Missouri
6. ^aka 'A Man's Country', 'Rose of the Rio Grande' and 'Trail of the Law'
7. ^Al Bridge appeared in Christmas in July, The Lady Eve, Sullivan's Travels, The Palm Beach Story, The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, Hail the Conquering Hero, The Great Moment, The Sin of Harold Diddlebock, Unfaithfully Yours and The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend. He also appeared in I Married a Witch, which Sturges produced. He had earlier been in Diamond Jim, which Sturges wrote the screenplay for.
8. ^Erickson, Hal Biography (Allmovie)

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External links[edit]

• Alan Bridge on IMDb
• Alan Bridge at AllMovie
• Alan Bridge at the TCM Movie Database
• Alan Bridge at Find a Grave

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. The game of pai gow poker was created in 1985 in the United States by Sam Torosian, owner of the Bell Card Club.^[1]

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The game is played with a standard 52-card deck, plus a single joker. It is played on a table set for six players, plus the dealer. Each player attempts to defeat the banker (who may be the casino dealer, one of the other players at the table, or a player acting in tandem with the dealer as co-bankers).^[2]

Winning condition[edit]

The object of pai gow poker is to create a five card poker hand and a two card poker hand from seven cards that beat both of the bank's hands. The five-card hand's rank must exceed that of the two-card hand, and it is for this reason that the two-card hand is often called the hand 'in front', 'on top', 'hair', or the 'small', 'minor', or 'low' hand. The five-card hand is called the hand 'behind', or the 'bottom', 'high', or 'big', as they are placed that way in front of the player, when the player is done setting them.

Deals[edit]

The cards are shuffled, and then dealt to the table in seven face-down piles of seven cards per pile. Four cards are unused regardless of the number of people playing.

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. The game of pai gow poker was created in 1985 in the United States by Sam Torosian, owner of the Bell Card Club.^[1]

Pal Gal Poker Table

The game is played with a standard 52-card deck, plus a single joker. It is played on a table set for six players, plus the dealer. Each player attempts to defeat the banker (who may be the casino dealer, one of the other players at the table, or a player acting in tandem with the dealer as co-bankers).^[2]

Winning condition[edit]

The object of pai gow poker is to create a five card poker hand and a two card poker hand from seven cards that beat both of the bank's hands. The five-card hand's rank must exceed that of the two-card hand, and it is for this reason that the two-card hand is often called the hand 'in front', 'on top', 'hair', or the 'small', 'minor', or 'low' hand. The five-card hand is called the hand 'behind', or the 'bottom', 'high', or 'big', as they are placed that way in front of the player, when the player is done setting them.

Deals[edit]

The cards are shuffled, and then dealt to the table in seven face-down piles of seven cards per pile. Four cards are unused regardless of the number of people playing.

Betting positions are assigned a number from 1 to 7, starting with whichever player is acting as banker that hand, and counting counter-clockwise around the table. A number from 1 to 7 is randomly chosen (either electronically or manually with dice), then the deal begins with the corresponding position and proceeds counter-clockwise. One common way of using dice to determine the dealer starting number is to roll three six-sided dice, and then count betting spots clockwise from the first position until the number on the dice is reached.

If a player is not sitting on a particular spot, the hand is still assigned, but then placed on the discard pile with the four unused cards. In some casinos, such as the Golden Nugget and Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada, an extra 'dragon hand' is dealt if a seat is vacant. After all players have set their original hand they are asked in turn if they would like to place another bet to play the dragon hand. Generally the bet on the dragon hand can be the table minimum up to the amount the player bet on their original hand. The first player to accept the dragon hand receives it; this player is effectively playing two separate hands. Rules vary from casino to casino, but generally the dealer turns over the dragon hand and sets it using the house way. This is because the player has already seen the seven cards of their original hand, which could affect the way they would set the dragon hand.

Hand rankings[edit]

The only two-card hands are one pair and high cards.

Five-card hands use standard poker hand rankings with one exception: in most casinos, the 'wheel' (the hand A-2-3-4-5) is the second-highest straight. At most casinos in California and Michigan this rule doesn't apply, and A-2-3-4-5 is the lowest possible straight.

The joker plays as a bug, that is, in the five-card hand it can be used to complete a straight or flush if possible; otherwise it is an ace. Tournois de poker au maroc. In the two-card hand it always plays as an ace, except in several southern Californian casinos where the joker is wild.

Win reckoning[edit]

If each of the player's hands beats each of the banker's corresponding hands, then he wins the bet. If only one of his hands beats the banker then he pushes (ties) in which case neither he nor the banker wins the bet. If both of his hands lose to the banker then he loses.

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On each hand, ties go to the banker (for example, if a player's five-card hand loses to the banker and his two-card hand ties the banker then the player loses); this gives the banker a small advantage. If the player fouls his hand, meaning that his two-card hand outranks his five-card hand, or that there are an incorrect number of cards in each hand, there will usually be a penalty: either re-arrangement of the hand according to house rules or forfeiture of the hand.

In casino-banked games, the banker is generally required to set his hand in a pre-specified manner, called the 'house way', so that the dealer does not have to implement any strategy in order to beat the players. When a player is banking, he is free to set the hand however he chooses; however, players have the option of 'co-banking' with the house, and if this option is chosen then the player's hand must also be set in the house way.

California casinos typically charge a flat fee per hand (such as 5 cents or one dollar) to play, win or lose. Other casinos take a 5% commission out of the winnings, which is usually known as the rake.^[3]

Variants[edit]

There are a number of variations of Pai Gow poker that are popular in casinos today. These variations were mainly formulated in 2004 through 2009. Pai Gow Mania was the first variation to be created which allows for two side bets instead of the traditional one side bet per hand. Fortune Pai Gow is another variation which allows players to make a side bet on a poker hand ranking of three-of-a-kind or better, one of the most popular variations. Similar is Emperors Challenge, which also allows a side bet on a seven-card pai gow (no hand). Shuffle Master introduced a variation of the game in 2006, adding a progressive jackpot side bet, named Progressive Fortune Pai Gow. Part or all of the jackpot may be won by placing a side bet and landing one of the hands specified on the payout table; a combined seven-card straight flush wins the entire jackpot.^[4]

Advantage play[edit]

Advantage play refers to legal methods used to gain an advantage while gambling. In pai gow poker, a player may be able to gain an advantage in certain circumstances by banking as often as possible, taking advantage of unskilled players while banking, and dealer errors when not banking.^[3]

History[edit]

Sam Torosian, owner of the Bell Card Club in Los Angeles, invented the game of Pai Gow Poker in 1985. The idea for the game came to Torosian after being told about the game Pusoy by an elderly Filipino customer. He figured that the 13-card game with players arranging three hands would be too slow, but a simplified two-hand version with only seven cards would be faster and easier for players to learn. The game quickly became popular and by the late 1980s was being played on the Las Vegas Strip, and eventually worldwide. Torosian famously failed to patent the game he invented after being given bad advice by an attorney he consulted, and noted poker author Mike Caro, both of whom told him that the game was not patentable.^[1]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^ ^abRichard Marosi (3 November 2002). 'Casino Boss Can't Cash In on Game He Developed'. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
2. ^Michael Shackleford. 'Pai Gow Poker'. The Wizard of Odds. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
3. ^ ^abWong, Stanford (1993). Optimal strategy for Pai Gow Poker. La Jolla, CA.: Pie Yee Press. ISBN978-0935926170.
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