Playing as Player

BeTheWinner Casino lets you play either as Player or as Dealer. Playing as Dealer is optional and is not mandatory. If you do not wish to play as Dealer, you can play the traditional role of the Player, knowing you can rely on the fairness and credibility of BeTheWinner Casino.

Pai Gow Text Boxes

Bet Labels - These labels appear to the left of your bet and inform you how much money you have placed on the table.

Won / Lost Labels - These labels appear above the cards and indicate whether you have won or lost.

Game Options

Game Chips: $1, $5, $25, $100 and $500 - With the Game Chips you make your bet on the table by creating a Chip Tower. You may remove chips from the Chip Tower by clicking on the left mouse button while placing the cursor on the Chip Tower.

Deal - Once you've placed your bets on the table press 'Deal' to deal the cards.

Game Cards - Click on the Game Cards to select the two cards that you want to set as the Low Hand. The cards must be set in such a way that the two-card (Low) hand has a lower poker rank than the five-card (High) hand.

Split - When setting the two cards above the other cards press split and the two hands will be split.

House Way - You may ask the house to automatically set your cards by pressing the "House Way" button.

Disconnections

Communication problems over the Internet may cause sudden disconnections. We have designed our software to cope with such incidents in a manner that our clients will be protected from unjustifiable loss, while eliminating the possibility of intentional disconnections and/or system abuse.

Should a disconnection or timeout occur after the Player placed his/her bet and before the Player pressed the 'Deal' button, the Player's bet will be returned to his/her Balance.
  Should a disconnection or timeout occur after the Player pressed the 'Deal' button, the round will continue as if the Player had decided to split his/her hand according to the House Way.
  After connection is re-established the Player can enter the "History" page and see the results of the last round ("History" is available for Real Money mode only).


Playing as Dealer

BeTheWinner Casino offers you the unique option of playing the role of the Dealer. This option increases your chances of winning, since you gain some of the favorable odds reserved for the casino. At the end of every round the casino takes a commission of 1.5% of the total bets bet against the Dealer.

Example

A Dealer chooses to play in Table II. This means that the Dealer meets the minimum requirements for playing in this table type: a minimum of 50 Dealer Points and a minimum balance of $60. The system then matches a Player to the Dealer and after the Dealer 'Approves' the next round, the Player places his/her bets on the table. Notice that the view of the table has changed to that of the Dealer's.

Let's say the Player places $50 and receives 2,3,7,8,K,K,A. The Player sets A,8 as the Low hand, and 2,3,7,K,K as the High hand. The Dealer's hand is: A,A,2,3,4,5,6. According to the House Way, the Dealer sets the pair of Aces as the Low hand, and 2,3,4,5,6 (straight) as the High hand. The Dealer beats both the Player's High and Low hands, thus winning the round. The Player loses his/her bet and since the bet against the Dealer was $50 the casino takes a commission of 1.5%*50 = $0.75, which means the Dealer wins 50-0.75 = $49.25 on this round.

The casino's edge in Pai Gow with these rules is approximately 2.9% (bear in mind that this 2.9% is how the casino makes a profit on Pai Gow) so as the Dealer you actually gain an edge of about 1.4%.

Minimum Dealer Points and Balance

You can play as Dealer once you have accumulated enough Dealer Points and in addition you need to have enough money in your Balance, according to the game's limits described in the Game Options page.
  The Minimum Balance required is a bit higher than the total winnings of the Player in a given round, which are: (Maximum Bet) + 1.5%(Casino commission) * (Maximum Bet)

"Approve" Button / 'Auto-Approve' Feature

When playing as Dealer, before each round commences you must 'Approve' the next round. After you approve the round, the Player can place his/her bets and play the round. The 'Auto-Approve' feature lets you automatically approve the next rounds, without having to approve every round individually.

Disconnections

Communication problems over the Internet may cause sudden disconnections. We have designed our software to cope with such incidents in a manner that our clients will be protected from unjustifiable loss, while eliminating the possibility of intentional disconnections and/or system abuse.
  Should a disconnection occur after the Dealer pressed the "Approve" button, play will continue until the Player has finished his turn. This has no effect on the Dealer, since the Dealer is played automatically according to the rules of the game (also called the "House Way").
  After connection is re-established the Dealer can enter the History page and see the results of the last round (History is available for Real Money mode only).