Thunder Valley Casino in California seems to be the place to go if you want to play Pai Gow poker and have a good chance of winning big. The casino has paid out over $3 million to players playing the Pai Gow game, which makes it the largest of all casinos in the United States to payout for Pai Gow. The most recent player added to the winners list was Thuy Williams.

Williams won $465,784 Tuesday night after placing a $2 bet on a Pai Gow Poker Game. Williams was ecstatic and stated that she would use the money to help fund her upcoming wedding nuptials. She commented she will now begin planning a “beautiful wedding”. Williams also stated that she would be buying her sister a new car, because she is in desperate need of one.

The game of Pai Gow poker is quite popular online as well as at land casinos. The object of the game is for a player to create two poker hands out of the seven card hand the player is dealt. A five card hand and a two card hand must be created to win. The five card hand needs to exceed the value of the two card hand.


- 2009-01-28