2017-05-27
Concerning the answer to the straight being the second highest in Pai Gow Poker, all house rules have two aces and any other pair being split. If one of the aces is the joker, only two straights can be made (Broadway and the A to 5). Since the house always wants the edge, the A to 5 is then the second highest and that is the reason, not because they just wanted the game to be different.