World Gaming Magazine

21 WGM #62 2018/09 wgm8.com WGM的牌九系列文章本期继续，此系列共包含三个部分。我们来关注一下对牌和 标准手牌。 WGM continues with Part 2 of a three part series on the game of Pai Gow in which we look at pairs and standards hands. 上 期我们介绍了骨牌以及牌九游戏的基本规则。本 期我们将对不同的手牌进行评估。只有开始了解 手牌，我们才真正展开了对游戏机制的学习。牌 九虽不是什么尖端学问，但与轮盘、二十一点和百家乐等 游戏相比，会显得相当复杂。也许这正是游戏的部分魅力 所在！ 牌九游戏中共有三种类型的手牌（一手牌包含两张骨 牌）： • 对牌 • 王、杠和高九 • 标准手牌 以上是按由强到弱的顺序，但为了令讲解更加简单易 懂，我们不准备按这个顺序进行。 L ast issue we introduced you to the tiles and basic rules of Pai Gow (visit wgm8.com to read). Now let’s move on to Part B, in which we start to evaluate the hands we are dealt. In learning how to evaluate hands, we truly begin to learn the mechanics of the game. The game of pai gow is not rocket science but in comparison to games like roulette, blackjack and baccarat it can be very complicated. In some ways this is part of the beauty of the game! Remember a hand in pai gow is two tiles. There are three groups of hands in pai gow: • Pairs • Wongs, gongs and high 9s • Standard hands This is the order of hands from strongest to weakest, but we are going to explain these in a different order as it makes the explanation easier to understand.