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	Tien Gow
		Tien Gow is the name of a Chinese trick-taking gambling game for 4 players.
		"Tien Gow" is sometimes spelled Tin Kau, and is the transliteration of two Chinese characters (天九) in Cantonese: Heaven and Nine.
		A search for "Tien Gow" or "Tin Kau" on google.com reveals most references for Tien Gow on the web.
	www.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/t/ti/tien_gow.html (136 words)

	Chinese dominoes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Chinese dominoes are used in several tile-based games, namely, Tien Gow, Pai Gow, Gwat Pai, Che Deng, Tiu U, Kap Tai Shap.
		It is the highest ranking pair in the game of Pai Gow, though the tiles rank low individually (in their normal order).
		When a tile of this pair is played individually in the game of Tien Gow, each takes its regular ranking among other military suit tiles according to the total points.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chinese_dominoes (504 words)

	Tien Gow -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Tien Gow is the name of a Chinese (Click link for more info and facts about trick-taking) trick-taking (The act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)) gambling (A contest with rules to determine a winner) game for 4 players.
		"Tien Gow" is sometimes spelled Tin Kau, and is the transliteration of two Chinese characters (天九, Cantonese: tin1 gau2) in (The dialect of Chinese spoken in Canton and neighboring provinces and in Hong Kong and elsewhere outside China) Cantonese: and
		They were known throughout the empire as Ku p'ai, 'bone p'ai;' but it does not follow that this class of games, po-sai, Ko-wu, and the rest originated in the reign of Hsüan-ho.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/T/Ti/Tien_Gow.htm (429 words)

	Tien Gow: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Tien Gow
		"Tien Gow" is sometimes spelled Tin Kau, and is the transliteration of two Chinese characters (天九) in Cantonese: Heaven (http://www.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/cgi-bin/agrep-lindict?query=%a4%d1andcategory=wholerecord) and Nine (http://www.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/cgi-bin/agrep-lindict?query=%a4%45andcategory=wholerecord).
		A search for "Tien Gow" or "Tin Kau" on google.com (http://www.google.com/) reveals most references for Tien Gow on the web.
		See also: Pai Gow, Gwat Pai, Che Deng
	www.encyclopedian.com /ti/Tin-Kau.html (130 words)

	Heaven Nine - a Chinese Domino Game.
		Tien Gow is also available in paper card form, but they are not easy to find.
		In fact, in the game of Tien Gow, the lower ranking tiles are mostly discarded during the game.
		The game of Tien Gow uses a zero-sum scoring system (designed for gambling.) It is more convenient to keep score using chips in a non-gambling setting.
	www.geocities.com /cplai/sky-nine.htm (4144 words)

	Tien Gow (Heaven Nine)
		"Tien Gow" means "Sky Nine" and takes its name from "Sky" or "Heaven" being the top civilian piece and nine being the top military piece.
		Tien Gow is a four player game using one set of Chinese dominoes.
		There's only one tile of each type, though similar tiles (such as the Gow or nines) are considered to be of equal rank.
	www.gamecabinet.com /rules/DominoTienGow.html (1982 words)

	Pai Gow - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The name "Pai Gow" is sometimes used to refer to a card game called Pai Gow Poker (or Double Hand Poker), also popular in Nevada and California, and which is loosely based on the Chinese game.
		The name "Pai Gow" is loosely translated as "Make Nine", as the object of the game is to make two hands(of two tiles each) where each hand totals as close as possible to nine points.
		See also: Tien Gow, Gwat Pai, Che Deng
	open-encyclopedia.com /Pai_gow (390 words)

	Rules of Domino Games: Tien Gow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		"Tien Gow" means "Heaven Nine" and takes its name from "sky" or "Heaven" being the top Civil piece and nine being the top Military piece.
		The game is played with the same tiles and lookis something like Tien Gow, but the rules for Goo Pai are very different.
		But in Tien Gow, the double 6-6 cannot win because of mismatched suits.
	bonus.com /contour/cards/http@@/www.pagat.com/tile/cdom/tiengow.html (2413 words)

	Chinese dominoes
		Pai Gow is easy to find because it is played in many U.S. casinoes that have an "Asian Room", but details on Tein Gow and other gmaes is hard to find.
		That is Pai Gow Poker, a California invention which uses the principle of building a high and low hand.
		There is a good chance that the tiles started as a way to record the throw of the banker in a popular dice game called Tien Gow ("Heaven Nine").
	hjem.get2net.dk /kibj/post/2000/0003-15.htm (1394 words)

	Tien Gow Chinese Domino Rules - Domino-Games.com
		"Tien Gow" is sometimes spelled Tin Kau, and is the transliteration of two Chinese characters (tin gau) in Cantonese: Heaven and Nine.
		Other Sources of Tien Gow Chinese Domino Rules
		Tien Gow for Palm OS - by Alan Chan
	www.domino-games.com /domino-rules/tien-gow-rules.html (383 words)

	Rules of Card Games: Tien Gow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		the rules of Tien Gow, compiled by Joe Celko, and an earlier version of the same page at Game Cabinet.
		Here is a DOS program with which you can play Tien Gow against the computer.
		Here is a Java Tien Gow program, with a much more attractive interface.
	www.pagat.com /multitrk/tiengow.html (226 words)

	TIEN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Search the TIEN Family Message Boards at Ancestry.com (if available).
		Search the TIEN Family Resource Center at RootsWeb.com (if available).
		Find graves of people named TIEN at Find-a-Grave.com (or add one that you know).
	www.worldhistory.com /surname/US/T/TIEN.htm (73 words)

	Try out Casino US and look for strategy like pai gow tiles about online casinos
		Tien Gow is also available in paper card form,..
		Pai Gow, originating in China and played with 32 tiles, is also known as...
		Pai Gow's system of tile values and hand-ranking is more complicated than..
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	Domino Applications (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		I believe the Cantonese names are the most commonly used in American casinos (I only know about the tiles from Pai Gow), but I imagine Mandarin Tien Gow players might use different ones.
		--LDC ---- Since Tien Gow and Pai Gow are games mostly played in southern China, the terms used should be transliterated according to the Cantonese dialect.
		In Hong Kong, the game of Tien Gow is refered to as Tin Kau in official papers; Pai Pow is refered to as Pai Kau.
	www.blownspeakers.com /pages3/26/domino-applications.html (1280 words)

	T :: Tien Gow
		Tien Gow () is Cantonese, meaning "Sky Nine" or "Heaven Nine" - in Mandarin it is Tian Jiu.
		This is a trick taking game for four players using a single set of 32 Chinese dominoes.
		Here are links to:the rules of Tien Gow, compiled by Joe Celko, and an earlier version of the same page at Game Cabinet.CP Lai's page on Heaven Nine, with notes on Chinese terminology and tactics, help in recognising the tile combinations, and further useful links.
	aboutcardgames.com /data/237.html (252 words)

	Gow - PokerChips USA: Blackjack, Craps, Roulette, Pai Gow, Baccarat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A history of Clan Gow, complete with motto, tartan, clan crest, and location.
		Michael Gow is a writer, director and actor living in Sydney, Australia.
		Gow was an associate director with Sydney Theatre Company (STC) and director of
	allhotsite.com /ahs/gow.html (241 words)

	Online Casinos Agenda - Pai Gow Tiles at PaiGow.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		An Introduction to Pai-Gow Poker: Pai gow poker is a variation of pai gow tiles, played with a 53 card deck, including a joker..
		Pai Gow is played with a set of 32 Chinese tiles which form 16 permissible pairs.
		Pai Gow Tiles is played with a set of 32 Chinese dominoes or tiles, and up to eight players can play.
	www.onlinecasinosagenda.com /sites.stm/pai_gow_tiles.html (579 words)

	Gambling Guide > Cards > Card Games > Trick-Taking Games
		The object of such games varies; it is often to win the most tricks, but it may instead be to avoid winning tricks, to win exactly a certain number of tricks, or to acquire (or not acquire) certain cards.
		One might also include in this category other games such as the Chinese Tien Gow, played with dominoes.
		A common feature of trick-taking games is the concept of following suit, in which each player is constrained in which card he may play by the obligation to match the suit of the first card played in that trick, called the lead, if he can.
	www.gambling.freegames.eu.com /cardgames/trick-taking_games.html (345 words)

	National and regional card games: China (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Instead they are used for trick taking games (such as Tien Gow), fishing games (such as Tiu U), rummy games (such as Kap Tai Shap) and banking games (such as Pai Gow).
		Some have 32 in a set for Tien Gow.
		More often they come in packs of 84, containing four of each card, which are used for a climbing game Chang Pai, which is described in an aricle by Anthony Smith and Günther Senst in The Playing-Card volume XXIV No 4.
	www.bonus.com /contour/cards/http@@/www.pagat.com/national/china.html (523 words)

	Gwat Pai - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gwat Pai's game rule is quite different from the southern Chinese game Tien Gow.
		See Also: Tien Gow, Pai Gow, Che Deng
		This page was last modified 10:45, 7 Oct 2003.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Gwat_Pai (76 words)

	Encyclopedia: Chinese dominoes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Updated 75 days 12 hours 59 minutes ago.
		Physical games Tile-based games use small tiles as playing pieces for gambling or entertainment game.
		See also Pai Gow Gwat Pai Che Deng External link an article dated back to 1893 A contemporary description Categories: Game stubs...
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Chinese-dominoes (709 words)

	Rules of Domino Games: Bagchen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		It is quite closely related to Tien Gow, but more complicated.
		Four players are each dealt 16 dominoes, which are played out in single or multiple tricks, and as in Tien Gow the main aim is to win the last trick.
		A detailed description can be found on the Bagchen pages of the Shang Shung Institute for Tibetan Studies (Austria).
	www.pagat.com /tile/cdom/bagchen.html (99 words)

	Tien Gow - China-related Topics Q-T - China-Related Topics
		Tien Gow - China-related Topics Q-T - China-Related Topics
		"Tien Gow" is sometimes spelled Tin Kau, and is the transliteration of two Chinese characters (天九) in Cantonese languageCantonese: http://www.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/cgi-bin/agrep-lindict?query=%a4%d1andcategory=wholerecord Heaven and
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	www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Tien_Gow (166 words)

	Chinese Dominoes
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		Chinese sets also introduce duplicates of some throws and divide the dominoes into tow classes:- Military and civil.
		Chinese dominoes are used in several tile-based games, namely, Tien Gow, Pai Gow, Gwat Pai, Che...
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	Gaming
		A pile of 32 old hand made wooden Chinese dominoes-- The Cantonese domino game Tien Gow (Heaven Nine) was a fast-paced game for 4 players and used 32 dominoes.
		There are 32 very long dominoes in this set, undoubtedly intended for the game of Tien Gow and other games using 32 dominoes.
		Showing the contents of the Tack Cheung dominoes shown in the box in the previous picture.
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	tien len (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Posted nha dau tu vao vn thi trong tuong lai khi vn tien len con duong cscn,tai vn?
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		nha nuoc viet hd t TINTUC-TAILIEU-VIET ykien bandoc m s Phuonghong m Multiplayer gaming, TienLen, Xapxam, Caro, Domino In Tien Len, each player is dealt 13 cards, thus making 4 players the *In Tien** Len The Two card is the highest t is call ?Pig?
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	Frank Caico's Blog - personal
		You'll have to ask Angela about it, but essentially its a Chinese harvest-time holiday.
		It was nice - we had some good food and played Tien Gow with her family.
		So I hear we're going to spend $104 billion on going back to the moon.
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		Tien Len (Go Forward) - National card game of Vietnam
		Tien Len - Play on the web - at VietMedia
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