Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) The rank of
the cards used in double cross poker for the determination of winning hands, in
order of highest to lowest rank, shall be: ace, king, queen, jack, 10, nine,
eight, seven, six, five, four, three, and two. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
an ace may be combined with a two, three, four, and five to complete a
"straight" or a "straight flush." All suits shall be considered equal in
rank.
(b) The permissible hands at
the game of double cross poker, in order of highest to lowest rank, shall be:
1. "Royal flush" is a hand consisting of an
ace, king, queen, jack, and 10 of the same suit;
2. "Straight flush" is a hand consisting of
five cards of the same suit in consecutive ranking;
3. "Four-of-a-kind" is a hand consisting of
four cards of the same rank;
4.
"Full house" is a hand consisting of "three-of-a-kind" and a "pair";
5. "Flush" is a hand consisting of five cards
of the same suit;
6. "Straight" is
a hand consisting of five cards of consecutive rank, not all of the same
suit;
7. "Three-of-a-kind" is a
hand consisting of three cards of the same rank;
8. "Two pairs" is a hand consisting of two
"pairs";
9. "Pair" is a hand
containing two cards of the same rank; and
10. "High card" is a hand that does not
contain any of the permissible five-card hands listed in (b)1 through 9 above
and the value of which is determined by the highest ranking individual card in
the hand.
(c) For
purposes of the optional three-card wager, the permissible three-card hands in
the game of double cross poker recognized for a payout in accordance with
13:69F-25.11(c)
shall be:
1. "Three-card straight flush" is a
hand consisting of three cards of the same suit in consecutive
ranking;
2. "Three-of-a-kind" is a
hand consisting of three cards of the same rank regardless of suit;
3. "Three-card straight" is a hand consisting
of three unsuited cards of consecutive rank; provided, however, that an ace may
not be combined with a king and two;
4. "Three-card flush" is a hand consisting of
three cards of the same suit, not in consecutive order; and
5. "One pair" is a hand is a hand consisting
of two cards of the same rank.
