New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 69F - RULES OF THE GAMES
Subchapter 33 - WINNER'S POT POKER
Section 13:69F-33.10 - Procedure for completion of each round of play; collection and payment of wagers

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 13:69F-33.10

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) After the dealing procedures required by 13:69F-33.7, 33.8, or 33.9 have been completed, each player shall examine his or her two down cards without exposing them to any person and either place a bet wager or elect to fold. The dealer shall neither examine nor expose his or her down cards until each remaining player and the dealer is dealt a fifth and final card.

1. If a player chooses to place a bet wager, the wager shall be placed in the designated bet wager betting area.

2. If a player elects to fold after receiving the initial three cards, the player's ante shall be collected by the dealer and placed in the table inventory container. The three cards of the player shall be collected and placed face down in the discard rack unless the player has placed a jacks plus bonus wager, in which case the three cards shall be placed face down underneath the jacks plus bonus wager of the player.

3. The dealer shall, moving in a clockwise rotation starting with the player next to the button, ascertain the decision of each player to either place a bet wager or fold.

(b) Once each player has either placed a bet wager or elected to fold, the dealer shall burn a card and then deal a fourth card face up to each remaining player who has placed a bet wager and the dealer in clockwise rotation, beginning with the first player after the button.

(c) After each remaining player who has placed a bet wager and the dealer have been dealt a fourth card, each player shall either place a double wager or elect to fold.

1. If a player chooses to place a double wager, the wager shall be placed in the designated double wager betting area.

2. If a player elects to fold after receiving a fourth card, the ante and bet wagers of the player shall be collected by the dealer and placed in the area of the table designated for the winner's pot. The four cards of the player shall be collected and placed face down in the discard rack unless the player has placed a jacks plus bonus wager, in which case the four cards shall be placed face down underneath the jacks plus bonus wager of the player.

3. The dealer shall, moving in a clockwise rotation starting with the first remaining player after the button, ascertain the decision of each player to either place a double wager or fold.

(d) Once each remaining player has either placed a double wager or elected to fold, the dealer shall burn a card and then deal a fifth and final card face up to each remaining player who has placed a double wager and the dealer in clockwise rotation, beginning with the first player after the button.

(e) After each remaining player and the dealer have been dealt a fifth and final card, the dealer shall collect all ante, bet and double wagers remaining on the table and place them in the area designated for the winner's pot.

(f) The dealer shall expose his or her two down cards and announce the best possible poker hand that can be formed from the cards of the dealer. The dealer shall then, starting with the remaining player farthest to his or her right and proceeding in a counterclockwise rotation around the table, expose the two down cards of each player and announce the best possible poker hand that can be formed from the cards of each player.

(g) The dealer shall settle the jacks plus bonus wagers of all players and, for each player who has folded, place the cards of such players face down in the discard rack. Losing jacks plus bonus wagers shall be placed in, and winning jacks plus bonus wagers shall be paid from, the table inventory container.

(h) The dealer shall then announce the highest ranking poker hand. All hands shall remain face up on the layout until such time as the winner's pot is awarded.

1. If the dealer has the highest ranking poker hand, he or she shall collect all ante, bet and double wagers from the area designated for the winner's pot and place them in the table inventory container.

2. If a player has the highest ranking poker hand or the highest ranking poker hand is a tie hand, the dealer shall award the winner's pot to the player with the highest ranking poker hand, subject to the following:
i. If a player has the highest ranking poker hand, a percentage commission of no more than 10 percent or a fixed dollar amount, pre-established by the casino licensee, whichever is less, shall be deducted from the pot and placed in the table inventory container; or

ii. If the highest ranking poker hand is a tie hand, each player and/or the dealer holding a tie hand shall share the winner's pot equally, except that a percentage commission of no more than 10 percent or a fixed dollar amount, pre-established by the casino licensee, whichever is less, shall be deducted from that portion of the pot not awarded to the dealer and placed in the table inventory container.

(i) After the winner's pot has been awarded in accordance with (h) above, the dealer shall immediately collect the cards of all remaining players and the dealer and place them in the discard rack. All cards collected by the dealer shall be picked up in order and placed in the discard rack in such a way that they can be readily arranged to reconstruct each hand in the event of a question or dispute.

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