Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a) After the dealing procedures required
under §
678a.8, §
678a.9 or §
678a.10 (relating to procedure for
dealing the cards from a manual dealing shoe; procedure for dealing the cards
from the hand; and procedure for dealing the cards from an automated dealing
shoe) have been completed, each player shall examine his cards subject to the
following limitations:
(1) Each player who
wagers at High Card Flush shall be responsible for his own hand and no person
other than the dealer and the player to whom the cards were dealt may touch the
cards of that player.
(2) Each
player shall keep his cards in full view of the dealer at all
times.
(b) After each
player has examined his cards, beginning with the player farthest to the
dealer's left and moving clockwise around the table, the dealer shall ask each
player if he wishes to fold or place a Raise Wager. If a player has:
(1) A two-card, three-card or four-card
flush, the player may place a Raise Wager equal to the player's Ante
Wager.
(2) A five-card flush, a
player may place a Raise Wager up to two times the amount of the player's Ante
Wager.
(3) A six-card or seven-card
flush, a player may place a Raise Wager up to three times the amount of the
player's Ante Wager.
(c)
If a player:
(1) Places a Raise Wager, the
wager shall be placed in the area designated for the Raise Wager.
(2) Folds, the player's Ante Wager shall be
collected by the dealer and placed in the table inventory container. If the
player:
(i) Has also placed a Flush Bonus,
Straight Flush Bonus or Progressive Jackpot Wager, the dealer shall place the
cards of the player face down underneath the optional wagers pending their
resolution at the conclusion of the round of play.
(ii) Has not placed a Flush Bonus, Straight
Flush Bonus or Progressive Jackpot Wager, the dealer shall immediately collect
the player's cards and place them in the discard rack.
(d) After each player has either
placed a Raise Wager or folded, the dealer shall turn his seven cards face up
on the layout. The dealer shall then form the highest ranking flush. If the
dealer's hand:
(1) Does not contain at least a
three-card flush, nine high, beginning with the player farthest to the dealer's
right who has placed a Raise Wager and continuing around the table in a
counterclockwise direction, the dealer shall pay each player's winning Ante
Wager in accordance with §
678a.12(a)
(relating to payout odds; payout limitation) and return the player's Raise
Wager. If a player:
(i) Also placed a Flush
Bonus, Straight Flush Bonus or Progressive Jackpot Wager, beginning with the
player farthest to the dealer's right and continuing around the table in a
counterclockwise direction, the dealer shall turn the cards of each player face
up on the layout and form the highest ranking flush. The dealer shall then
settle the player's Flush Bonus, Straight Flush Bonus or Progressive Jackpot
Wager in accordance with subsection (e).
(ii) Did not place a Flush Bonus, Straight
Flush Bonus or Progressive Jackpot Wager, the dealer shall collect the player's
cards and place them in the discard rack.
(2) Contains at least a three-card flush,
nine high, beginning with the player farthest to the dealer's right and
continuing around the table in a counterclockwise direction, the dealer shall
then complete the following applicable procedures in succession for each
player:
(i) The dealer shall turn the cards of
each player face up on the layout and form the highest ranking flush.
(ii) The dealer shall then compare the rank
of the dealer's hand to the rank of the player's hand. If the player's hand:
(A) Is higher in rank than the dealer's hand,
the player's Ante and Raise Wagers shall be paid out at the odds in §
678a.12(a).
(B) Is equal in rank to
the dealer's hand, the player's Ante and Raise Wagers shall push and be
returned to the player.
(C) Is
lower in rank to the dealer's hand, the player's Ante and Raise Wagers shall
lose and be collected.
(e) After settling the player's Ante and
Raise Wagers, the dealer shall settle the player's Flush Bonus, Straight Flush
Bonus and Progressive Jackpot Wagers as follows:
(1) For the Flush Bonus Wager, if a player's
hand:
(i) Contains a three-card flush or less,
the dealer shall collect the player's losing Flush Bonus Wager.
(ii) Contains a four-card flush or better as
provided in §
678a.6(b)
(relating to High Card Flush rankings), the dealer shall pay the winning Flush
Bonus Wager in accordance with § 678a.12(b).
(2) For the Straight Flush Bonus Wager, after
settling the player's Ante, Raise and Flush Bonus Wagers, if applicable, the
dealer shall configure the player's cards so as to form the highest ranking
straight flush as provided in §
678a.6(d). If a
player's hand:
(i) Contains a two-card
straight flush or less, the dealer shall collect the player's losing Straight
Flush Bonus Wager.
(ii) Contains a
three-card straight flush or higher, as provided in §
678a.6(d), the
dealer shall pay the winning Straight Flush Bonus Wager in accordance with
§ 678a.12(c).
(3)
For the Progressive Jackpot Wager, after configuring the player's cards so as
to form the highest ranking straight flush, if the player has a three-card
straight flush or a four-card straight flush, depending on the paytable
selected by the certificate holder, or higher and has won a progressive payout,
the dealer shall:
(i) Verify that the hand is
a winning hand.
(ii) Verify that
the appropriate light on the progressive table game system has been
illuminated.
(iii) Have a
floorperson or above validate the progressive payout in accordance with the
certificate holder's approved internal control procedures.
(iv) Pay the winning Progressive Jackpot
Wager in accordance with the payout odds in §
678a.12(d). If a
player has won a progressive payout that is a percentage of the jackpot amount
on the progressive meter, the progressive payout may not be paid from the table
inventory container. If a player has won a progressive payout that is not being
paid from the table inventory container, the cards of that player must remain
on the table until the necessary documentation has been completed.
(f) After all wagers of
the player have been settled, the dealer shall remove all remaining cards from
the table and place them in the discard rack in a manner that permits the
reconstruction of each hand in the event of a question or dispute.
This section cited in 58 Pa. Code §
678a.7 (relating to wagers); 58
Pa. Code §
678a.12 (relating to payout odds;
payout limitation); and 58 Pa. Code §
678a.13 (relating to
irregularities).
