Goose (Gor): Then he created geese for man to eat. Man (Yun): Then he created man to live on the earth.

Heaven (Teen): The Creator first made the stars to fill the void of space. Here it is: Part 1 - The Supreme Pair Supreme Creator (Gee Joon): Chinese name of the Supreme Creator, which came before anything else. In his efforts to explain the tile rankings, he told Rob the Chinese legend of the creation of the universe to help with the explanation. One day, though, he found a Caucasian dealer at Caesars in Lake Tahoe who was very helpful. Rob said his efforts to learn the game were not easy, due to Asian dealers not having the ability or inclination to explain the game in English. The attitude that 'whitey' can be unlucky is still prevalent in Macau and Australia. To this day, white players are still often made to feel a bit unwelcome at pai gow tables. Based on early literature, the few Caucasian players you might have found were likely mathematicians like Michael Musante, John M. In the mid Eighties, I would have been shocked to see any non-Asians playing. Now I would say non-Asians make up about 20% of the players. When I started to play the game around 2001, there was almost never another pale-faced player at the table. He mentioned that he had been playing the game for about 25 years. On December 30, 2011, I met a very nice Caucasian gentleman by the name of Colonel Rob Patton at the pai gow table at the Paris casino in Las Vegas.

However, there is a legend behind the game, and acquainting oneself with that legend can aid in understanding the order of the pairs.

To the westerner, or anybody not steeped in Chinese mythology, this ranking will likely seem arbitrary and thus difficult to memorize. Before playing the game, one should learn the ranking of 16 pairs of tiles. Of all the casino games, there can be little debate that pai gow is the hardest to learn. The name roughly translates to 'make nine.' In fact, the concept of scoring by the ones digit only, as in baccarat, likely stems from pai gow. Pai gow (tiles) is perhaps the oldest casino game. On this page Legend Behind Pai Gow Introduction

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