Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a) Wagers at
Ultimate Texas Hold 'Em Poker shall be made by placing value chips or plaques
on the appropriate areas of the table layout. Verbal wagers accompanied by cash
may not be accepted.
(b) Only
players who are seated at an Ultimate Texas Hold 'Em Poker table may wager at
the game. Once a player has placed a wager and received cards, that player
shall remain seated until the completion of the round of play. If a player
leaves the table during a round of play, any wagers made by the player may be
considered abandoned and may be treated as losing wagers.
(c) All wagers, except the Play Wager, shall
be placed prior to the dealer announcing "no more bets" in accordance with the
dealing procedure in §
653a.8, §
653a.9 or §
653a.10 (relating to procedure for
dealing the cards from a manual dealing shoe; procedure for dealing the cards
from the hand; and procedures for dealing the cards from an automated dealing
shoe). Except as provided in §
653a.11(b), (d) or
(f) (relating to procedures for completion of
each round of play), a wager may not be made, increased or withdrawn after the
dealer has announced "no more bets."
(d) The following wagers may be placed in the
game of Ultimate Texas Hold 'Em Poker:
(1) A
player shall compete against the dealer's five-card Poker hand by placing both
an Ante Wager and a Blind Wager in equal amounts, then a Play Wager, in
accordance with § 653a.11(b), (d) or (f).
(2) In addition to the Ante Wager and Blind
Wager, a player may compete against a posted paytable by placing a Trips
Wager.
(3) A certificate holder
may, if specified in its Rules Submission under §
601a.2 (relating to table games
Rules Submissions), offer to each player at an Ultimate Texas Hold 'Em Poker
table the option to make an additional Progressive Payout Wager that the player
will receive a Progressive Payout Hand. After placing the Ante and Blind
Wagers, a player may make the additional Progressive Payout Wager by placing a
value chip onto the progressive wagering device designated for that player.
Each player shall be responsible for verifying that the player's respective
Progressive Payout Wager has been accepted.
(4) A certificate holder may, if specified in
its Rules Submission under § 601a.2, offer to each player at an Ultimate
Texas Hold 'Em Poker table the option to make an additional Five Card Hand
Bonus Wager that the player's five-card Poker hand formed from the player's two
cards and the three-card Flop or the dealer's five-card Poker hand formed from
the dealer's two cards and the three-card Flop, or both, will contain a flush
or better as defined in §
653a.6(b)
(relating to Ultimate Texas Hold 'Em Poker rankings). After placing an Ante and
a Blind Wager, a player may make the additional Five Card Hand Bonus Wager on
the player's hand or the dealer's hand, or both, by using the electronic
wagering device designated for that player. Each player shall be responsible
for verifying that the player's Five Card Hand Bonus Wager has been
accepted.
(5) If specified in its
Rules Submission under §
601a.2, a certificate holder may
offer to each player who placed an Ante Wager the option of placing a Six Card
Bonus Wager which shall win if the player's two cards and the four additional
Six Card Bonus cards form a three-of-a-kind or better as described in §
653a.6(d). A Six
Card Bonus Wager does not have bearing on any other wagers made by the
player.
(6) If specified in its
Rules Submission under §
601a.2, a certificate holder may
offer to each player who placed Ante, Blind and Trips Wagers the option of
placing a Bad Beat Bonus Wager which shall win if either the player's hand
contains a three-of-a-kind or better and the dealer's hand outranks the
player's hand or the dealer's five-card hand contains a three-of-a-kind or
better and the player's hand outranks the dealer's hand.
(e) The certificate holder shall specify in
its Rules Submission under §
601a.2 the number of adjacent
boxes on which a player may place a wager in one round of play.
The provisions of this § 653a.7 amended under
4
Pa.C.S. §§
1202(b)(30) and 13A 02(1)
and (2).
This section cited in 58 Pa. Code §
653a.2 (relating to Ultimate Texas
Hold 'Em Poker table physical characteristics); 58 Pa. Code §
653a.8 (relating to procedure for
dealing the cards from a manual dealing shoe); 58 Pa. Code §
653a.9 (relating to procedure for
dealing the cards from the hand); 58 Pa. Code §
653a.10 (relating to procedures
for dealing the cards from an automated dealing shoe); and 58 Pa. Code §
653b.1 (relating to Must-Hit-By
Mystery Bonus).
