Playing PAI GOW TILES - How to Play, Pair/Single Ranks, Fire & Ice Wager

Oct 13, 2026

Playing Pai Gow Tiles explains the rules, objective, and dealing flow for a dealer-based tile game with up to six players and 32 tiles arranged into eight stacks. It details how players choose high and low hands, how comparisons determine wins, losses, and ties, and how tie breaks use ranking tiles and special zero-hand conditions. It also describes pair and single tile ranking logic, including Supreme/Gee Joon, Wongs, Gongs, High Nines, plus the optional Fire & Ice side wager and payout commission.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryPresentations

FormatPDF

Pages6

Reading Time2 min

AccessFree to download

Objective

Playing the Game

Pair Rank

Single Rank

Fire & Ice（Side Wager）

Banker

Payouts

Ranking the Tiles

Hints for Setting Up Tiles

F A L L S V I E W C A S I N O R E S O R T Playing PAI GOW TILES Pai GoW TILES Minimums and maximums, and maximum payouts are posted atthe table. Pai Gow is an ancient Chinese game that when translated literally means “making nines”. The game is set like Blackjack or Poker with a Dealer and seats for up to six Players. The game uses 32 tiles, which form the first 16 Ranking Pairs. Objective The objective of Pai Gow Tiles is to take four tiles and form two“hands” that either total as close to nine as possible, or form one of 20 Ranking Pairs. Hand totals above nine use the last digit (similar to Baccarat) . Playing the Game All tiles are shuffled and eight stacks of four are formed. Wagers areplaced and three dice are rolled to determine who receives the first stack of tiles. Counting starts from the Banker (not necessarily the Dealer) and goes around the table from position 1 to position 6. If the dice total 3, the second position to the right of the Banker receives the first set of tiles and the others are dealt in counterclockwise sequence. If the dice total 9, then the Banker gets the first set of tiles. Each playing position receives four tiles—all 32 tiles are dealt out even when there are less than six Players. Each Player receives four tiles and must decide on a high-hand anda low-hand. If a Player is unsure on how to rank their tiles, they can ask the Dealer to set their hands based on the House Ways. When a decision has been made, each hand is stacked face down in front of their wager. Once the Bank’s hands are revealed, the Bank turns over each Players’ hands. A comparison is made to determine wins, losesand ties. A Player wins when his high-hand and low-hand are both higher than the high-hand and low-hand of the Banker. A Player loses when the Banker’s high-hand and low-hand is higher than the high-hand and low-hand of the Player. A Player ties when he beats either one, but not both of the Banker’s hands. If the Players’ and the Banker’s hands both add to the same total, the highest ranking tile in the hand breaks the tie (each tile has an individual ranking—See Single Rank chart) . The Bank wins all ties when the ranking tiles also tie. If both low-hands equal zero, the Banker wins that hand; individual tiles are not compared. PAIR RANK 1st-Gee Joon 6th-Mooy 11th-Tit 16th-Chop Ng 19th-Gong 20th 2nd-Teen 7th-Chong 12th-Look 17th-Wong 19th-Gong 20th 3rd-Day 8th-Bon 13th-Chop Gow 17th-Wong 19th-Gong 20th 4th-Yun 9th-Foo 14th-Chop Bot 18th-Wong 5th-Gor 10th-Ping 15th-Chop Chit 18th-Wong SINGLE RANK 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th FIRE & ICE 火冰 The Fire and Ice wager is an optional side wager which wins if all the dots on a player's 4 tiles are the same color. All Red pays 1000 to 1 and all White pays 35 to 1. Banker A unique feature of Pai Gow Tiles is, that after each hand the Bank will be offered to the Players, beginning with the Player to the farthest right of the Dealer and continuing in a counterclockwise direction. Any Player can accept or pass the Bank. The Banking Player must be able to cover all bets made by the other Players and must have wagered in the previous round that the Dealer acted as Banker. The tiles are shuffled by the Dealer and placed in eight stacks of four each. Payouts Winners are paid even money minus a 5% House commission. Ranking the Tiles (See Pair Rank chart) In order to play Pai Gow Tiles, it is necessary to know the ranking of the tiles. The rankings do not follow a number sequence (i.e. highest to lowest) but are symbols. For example, the highest ranking tile is the 12, but the second highest is the 2 (See Single Rank chart) . The highest ranking hand in Pai Gow Tiles is a combination of the 15th (white 2, red 4) and 17th (white 2, red 1) ranking tiles. This pair is called Supreme (Gee Joon) . The 2nd through the 12th ranking hands are the

FAQs

What is the objective in Pai Gow Tiles?

Form two hands from four tiles as close to nine as possible or make one of the specified ranking pairs. Hand totals above nine use only the last digit.

How does a player win, lose, or tie against the Banker?

A player wins only if both their high-hand and low-hand beat the Banker’s corresponding hands; a player loses if both are higher for the Banker. Ties occur when the player beats either hand but not both, with tie breaks handled by the highest ranking tile (and special rules for low-hands equal to zero).

What is the Fire & Ice side wager and how are payouts calculated?

Fire & Ice is optional and wins when all the dots on a player’s four tiles are the same color. All Red pays 1000 to 1, and all White pays 35 to 1.

Oct 13, 2026

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