Pai Gow poker - bonus option?

A question for the pai gow poker players out there...

As everyone knows, PG poker can be played (usually) at a leisurely pace, as there are (usually) a lot of pushes. I prefer to play with the Bonus option, to kind of ';keep things interesting';. Know there are several variations of ';bonus'; - all I%26#39;ve played are fun. (Yes, I know the odds are NOT good on bonus bets, but I chalk it up to the price of entertainment).

Which casinos offer this option at the lower limits, say $5 - $10?

Thanks in advance! - NTNFan

Pai Gow poker - bonus option?

On the %26#39;Fortune Pai Gow%26#39; you can play $1 on the bonus. If you play $5, you are entitled to the %26#39;envy bonus%26#39; which means that if another player at the table gets a good hand, usually 4 of a kind or higher, you get paid something as well.

There is another version of the game where you can buy the %26#39;dragon%26#39; hand but you have to play $5 minimum for this.

Pai Gow poker - bonus option?

I played the way the last poster stated at the Flamingo.

I love pai gow and only play with the sucker bet -- but the sucker bet has been in my favor the majority of times playing. I susually play the $5 -- you get paid on 3 of kind and better in the seven cards --no matter if you split them.

Most casinos minimum for playing is $20 -- it is higher due to the frequentcy of pushes. you may want to try CC/Sahara/Trop for lower limit games.

Ballys has $10 PG tables with bonus play.

That is why my wife likes that casion so much.

J

The Barbary Coast has $5 and $10 table Pai Gow tables - 2 tables with a bonus and 1 with the dragon (no bonus).

I was there this last busy weekend and they were $10. (The dragon pai gow is usually $5 during the daytime)

I hope this doesn%26#39;t go away with the name change this weekend.

I love the PAI GOW!

When playing PG w/ the dragon, do you usually take the dragon? I usually don%26#39;t, on the theory that if I have a good hand, the dragon hand might be lousy (resulting in a net push, when I would have had a win), and if I have a lousy hand, all I%26#39;m hoping to do with the dragon hand is to push, when I could easily lose both hands...

NTNFan,

You have to correct concept. I look at it a little differently. Anytime a casino offers you something that requires you to put more money on the table, it is usually a loosing proposition. Weather it be the Fortune Bonus, Dragon hand, Insurance in BJ, or whatever. I just never do it. It seems to take all the thinking out of it. PLus I have seen how much people loose on the bonuses.

Now the only time I do play the fortune bonus is when I am tipping a dealer. I ask if they want it or play it. ten times out of 10 they say play it.

J

J,

Believe me, I understand the odds. The pure PG game already has a built-in house advantage, so playing the game itself is a losing proposition in the long run.

However, any mathematician will tell you that in the short- and medium- term anything can happen. So while I don%26#39;t usually play the dragon hand if offered, I do make an exception for the bonus option, as I feel it adds a little bit more excitement to a game that sometimes can get somewhat monotonous.

Your position definitely makes sense also. Diff%26#39;rent strokes for diff%26#39;rent folks.

-NTNFan

Does anyone know if the bonus option (envy?) is an option at The Venetian? I am looking for Pai Gow Poker with Bonus/Envy. (The extra $1-$5).

It didn%26#39;t dawn on me that the original post was from 2007 until someone mentioned the barbary coast changing names.

I%26#39;m sure that almost all casino%26#39;s offer the bonus bet. They might not have it on all the tables, but there will be a table with it, but the flip side is that it%26#39;s usually the more expensive minimum table.