Pai Gow
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Games | $1.99 | Lingkun Cheng | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
Pai Gow is played by 2 to 8 participants, one of them play as the banker. Each participant is dealt 4 tiles, from a deck of 32 tiles. Each player has to decide on the strategy as of how to divide the 4 tiles into two hands of 2 tiles to create a high hand and a second-high hand. The two hands will then be compared with those of the banker's. The player wins the bet only if both hands have a higher value than those of the banker's. The player loses the bet if both hands have a lower value than those of the banker's. It is a push if the player wins one hand and loses the other hand.
Decide on how to structure your high hand and your second-high hand to win the banker. Should you place stronger tiles in your second-high hand, at the expense of a weaker high hand? Or should you choose to give up on the second-high hand and just rely on a super strong high hand?
If you like Pai Gow Poker, you will also like Pai Gow - the original game.
Play this ancient game on your iPhone or iPod Touch.
Enjoy the game!
New update: You can access your iPod music library from within the game, and play your own favorite music as the background music!
Reviews
THANK YOU!
Richterhunt
This game has been anticipated ever since the App store opened for true pai gow players..Thank you for this game, sound effects maybe or dice cup in the future? Otherwise a solid title.
Strictly middle of the road
vo0doodude
I've been wanting to learn Pai Gow for a long time, so I tried out this app. It's the only one for the iPhone and I wanted to be able to teach myself on the go whenever I had time. And I really really wanted to love this app, but it's just "meh." The sub-standard graphics and interface I can get used to. I definitely think they could be better, but I can look past that. What I feel is sorely lacking is the lack of explanation of anything. If things were explained more clearly (i.e. assume the person playing is an absolute beginner and knows nothing) then that would definitely help this out. Please update with more usability!!!
Bare Bones
TaxTip
It works and is okay for a first effort but lacks features or options. Graphics are basic and sound is limited to clicks and a cha-ching. You begin every session with $5000 and this resets every time the app is opened. Every hand requires you to pull up a betting dialog and pick $100 or $25, no other choice and it does not remember the most recent bet. Always deals 4 hands but you can see and play only the hand in the south position against the North position. Banking is not an option. Tiles are not labeled (e.g. Teen, Chap Ng) but that would be good to see in the future. When setting the hands it would be nice to see their ranking too (e.g. Gong, Eight). Special request: How about a tutorial mode that advises when a hand is not set the "house way"?
Great for polishing the skills
ibgollie
I had no clue how to play pai gow so after reading some online tutorials i was ready to start playing. This app does that perfectly, however it could use a couple things to make it 5 stars. 1. Need to be able to able be the "banker" this is a major reason to play pai gow. Also call the north player "the house" since that's who they are. 2. It would be great if it had a training mode to show you how to play the "house way". 3. The rendundant tapping gets annoying. Maybe just have the wager amount set until you elect to change it. Also have an option for a "quick showdown" where you only tap the screen once to see everyone's hands instead of 3 times. All in all it's a great way to practice playing pai gow without losing your bankroll.
Not bad for 1.x
Gee Joon
Agreeing with others on this app. It is a nice game but lacks a few things, though I am sure it can be added. If so, this would be a killer training app as this game is so hard to comprehend if you are not familiar with the rankings. Would like to see a tutorial mode, Set House way button, Banker option and dice. More appropriate sound effects would be a plus since pounding of the dice cup is natural. Thanks for the app. I have enjoyed it.
Too simple
GT209
This app was very disappointing. It has no options what so ever and the ai set the tiles like it don't know how to play at times.
Pai gow review
philiptraum
I downloaded this when it was free and for the money at the time it was ok...bit no more than that. Agreeing with most of the other posts, the functionality needs to be built to allow for the maximum number of players, you should be able to dictate your bet amount, and there should be a display showing the tile name and/or rank. If the app were free, I'd suggest it... But I'd shy from making the suggestion with any more than the nominal fee of $.99
