Pai Gow Tiles : Game Tips & Strategies

Although we've already talked about this in Lesson 2, here the pairs are in more detail to help it sink in. Once you have the hang of it, the game is really not that hard. You only have to make two pairs remember.

The following is a chart of the basic combinations and their names.

1. Supreme	2. Heaven	3. Earth	4. Man
5. Goose	6. Flower	7. Long	8. Board
9. Hachet	10. Partition	11. Long Leg 7	12. Big Head 6

GEE JOON: This is the supreme pair or highest possible pair and it consists of the following two dominoes: 4-2 and 2-1

BO: - Under the Gee Joon come the pairs (Bo) of matched or unmatched dominoes. The pairs ranking order is as follows:
Pair Name
6-6 & 6-6 Heaven
1-1 & 1-1 Earth
4-4 & 4-4 Man
3-1 & 3-1 Goose
5-5 & 5-5 Flower
3-3 & 3-3 Long
2-2 & 2-2 Board
6-5 & 6-5 Hatchet
6-4 & 6-4 Partition
6-1 & 6-1 Long Leg Seven
5-1 & 5-1 Big Head Six
6-3 & 5-4 Jaap Gow - mixed nine
6-2 & 5-3 Jaap Bart - mixed eight
5-2 & 4-3 Jaap Chut - mixed seven
4-1 & 3-2 Jaap Ng - mixed five

WONGS: This level represents the next value in hand rankings. They are a nine paired with a double 6 or a double 1. Here are the hand rankings:

6-6 & 6-3
6-6 & 5-4
1-1 & 6-3
1-1 & 5-4

GONGS: Similar to the WONGS, only these are an eight paired with a double 6 or double 1. Here are the hand rankings:

6-6 & 5-3
6-6 & 4-4
1-1 & 5-3
1-1 & 4-4

Pai Gow Tiles School Lessons Lesson 1: Pai Gow History Learn about this ancient Chinese tile game. Lesson 2: Pai Gow Rules How to play this intriguing game. Lesson 3: Pai Gow Pairs The pairs detailed and explained. Lesson 4: Pai Gow Tips and Strategy Important pointers and advice.

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