Indiana Administrative Code
Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION
Article 10 - CONDUCT OF GAMING
Rule 9 - Pai Gow Poker
Section 9-13 - Setting the hands
Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC 4-33-4-1; IC 4-33-4-2; IC 4-33-4-3
Affected: IC 4-33
Sec. 13.
(a) Once the cards are dealt by the dealer, the player shall set the player's own hand, without the assistance of the dealer, by arranging the seven (7) cards into two (2) hands:
When setting the two (2) hands, the five (5) card high hand must be higher in rank than the two (2) card low hand. Both of the player's hands must beat the dealer's hands in order to win. If a player fails to set the player's hand with the highest ranking cards in the five (5) card hand, it is considered a foul hand and it will lose immediately.
(b) Each player at the table is responsible for setting the player's own hands. Each player shall keep the seven (7) cards in full view of the dealer at all times.
(c) Once the player has set the player's own hands, the high and low hand shall be placed face down in the appropriate area of the layout. Once a player places the cards in these areas, the player may not touch them again.
(d) Once all players have set the players' hands and placed them in the layout, the dealer shall turn over the seven (7) cards dealt to the dealer's position, setting the dealer's hands, and arrange them into two (2) hands, a high hand and a low hand in the house way. The dealer shall then place the dealer's hands on the appropriate area of the layout.
(e) The dealer shall expose both hands of each player, starting from the far right and proceeding counterclockwise around the table.
(f) The dealer shall compare the high hand and low hand of each player to the high hand and low hand of the dealer and then announce if a player's wager wins, loses, or is considered a copy hand. The dealer shall immediately collect all losing wagers along with the cards of that player, indicate which wagers are tie or push wagers and collect the cards. The player loses a copy hand.
(g) All winning hands shall remain face up on the layout. Winning wagers are paid after all hands have been exposed.
(h) All cards collected by the dealer when completing the round of play shall immediately be placed in the discard holder in the manner collected to allow reconstruction of the hand if a dispute or question arises.
