Pyramid poker is a simplified version of pai gow poker,[1] where instead of seven cards, three cards are dealt face down. Pai Gow poker (also called Double-hand poker) is an Americanized version of Pai Gow (in that it is played with Playing cards bearing Poker hand It uses a standard 52 card deck without jokers. A playing card is a piece of specially prepared heavy paper thin card or thin plastic figured with distinguishing motifs and used as one of a set for playing Card games The Joker is a special card found in most modern decks of Playing cards or a Mahjong tile in some Mahjong game sets The hand rankings are just like in poker except that aces are always high. Poker is a type of Card game in which players bet on the value of the card combination (" hand " in their possession by placing a bet into The word " ace " comes from the Old French word 'as' (from Latin 'as' meaning 'a unit' from the name of a small Roman coin The dealer deals the player and himself 3 cards, which is arranged into a 2 card hand and a 1 card hand which should be smaller than the 2-card hand. There are no straights or flushes in the 2-card hand, and a higher ranked hand wins in both the hands. In Poker, players construct hands of five cards according to predetermined rules which vary according to the precise variant of poker being played
In order to win, the both the hands of the player has to be higher than the dealer's hands. If only one hand is higher and the other loses, then the bet is a tie or push. The players loses his bet if the dealer wins both ways. All copies (equal face value) shall go to the dealer giving the advantage to the house.
There is also the "House Way" in this poker variant that adds more variety.