Pai Gow Poker Famous Gamblers

Pai Gow poker is a seven-card, two-hand poker game. Like fellow casino table games based on poker, Caribbean stud poker and let it ride poker, pai gow poker quickly won the approval of casino gamblers and poker players of longer-running games like Texas hold'em, 7-card stud, and Omaha poker.

Most major land-based and online casinos, especially Las Vegas casinos, have at least a few tables allotted for this casino game. Having an estimated 50 million players in the United States alone, poker itself is deemed America's most popular card game.

Famous Pai Gow Poker Gamblers

Pai Gow poker, a cross between poker and the ancient Chinese game of pai gow tiles, brings the Oriental to the Occidental. The promise of excitement is enough to warrant the attention of big-named casino gaming experts and top-class land-based and online casinos, despite that pai gow poker is a newer addition to casino poker games.

Luxury casino hotels and resorts are giving their nod, what with the rise of pai gow tournaments like the Las Vegas Hilton $100,000 Pai Gow Poker Tournament and Harrahs Casino Resort Pai Gow Tournaments.

Stanford Wong (A noted pai gow poker expert and professional gambler for over 40 years, he reigns as the Godfather of Blackjack, has authored several bestselling gaming books, including Optimal Strategy for Pai Gow Poker, and is named to the Blackjack and Video Poker Halls of Fame.)

Bill Zender (A respected pai gow tiles and pai gow poker authority, he's had years of hands-on experience as a pai gow consultant in various casinos and is the author of a number of bestsellers on both pai gow variations, including Pai Gow Poker: Understanding Procedures and Strategies.)

Bill Walsh (A recognized pai gow poker expert, he is credited for bringing pai gow poker to the casinos of Nevada and the author of bestselling pai gow poker books, including Billy Woo's Pai Gow Poker.)

Mike Caro (America's famous "Mad Genius" of poker, he authored the Professional Pai Gow Poker Report and wrote several bestselling poker books.)

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Michael Musante
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