Editing Pai gow poker (section)

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

A 7-card hand worse than one pair (i.e., no flush, no straight, and no pair) is referred to as a Pai Gow.

Five-card hands use standard [[Rank of hands (poker)|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 does not apply, and '''A-2-3-4-5''' is the lowest possible straight.

The joker plays as a [[bug (poker)|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.  In the two-card hand it always plays as an ace, except in several southern Californian casinos where the joker is [[Wild card (poker)|wild]].  This means that the highest possible hand is five aces, outranking straight flushes (including the royal flush).