Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a) After the dealing procedures required
under §
680a.8, §
680a.9 or §
680a.10 (relating to procedures
for dealing the cards from a manual dealing shoe; procedures for dealing the
cards from the hand; and procedures 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 Saigon 5 Card 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 five cards in full view of the dealer at all
times.
(b) Each player
shall examine his cards and shall set them into two hands. If any three of the
player's five cards:
(1) Have a combined
total value of 10, 20 or 30, the player's hand qualifies and the player shall
set those three cards as the player's three-card hand. The remaining two cards
shall be set as the player's two-card showdown hand. For example, if a player's
hand contains a joker, 8, 6, 5 and 2, the player's three-card hand would
contain the joker (used as a 9 value card), the 5 and the 6 for a total value
of 20, which would qualify, and the 8 and 2 would compose the player's showdown
hand with a Point Count of 10.
(2)
Does not have a combined total value of 10, 20 or 30, the player's hand does
not qualify and the player may place any three cards as the player's three-card
hand and the remaining two cards in the player's two-card showdown
hand.
(c) After each
player has set his two hands, the dealer shall then reveal and arrange the
dealer's cards. If any three of the dealer's five cards:
(1) Have a combined total value of 10, 20 or
30, the dealer's hand qualifies and the dealer shall set those three cards as
the three-card hand. The remaining two cards shall be set as the dealer's
two-card showdown hand.
(2) Does
not have a combined total value of 10, 20 or 30, the dealer's hand does not
qualify.
(d) After the
dealer's cards are turned face up and set, the dealer shall, beginning with the
player farthest to the dealer's right and continuing around the table in a
counterclockwise direction, complete the following applicable procedures in
succession for each player. The dealer shall turn the player's three-card hand
face up on the layout and compare the dealer's three-card hand to the player's
three-card hand. If the dealer's three-card hand:
(1) Does not qualify and the player's
three-card hand:
(i) Does not qualify, the
dealer shall return the player's Ante Wager.
(ii) Qualifies, the dealer shall reveal the
player's showdown hand. If the player's two-card showdown hand:
(A) Has a Point Count of 1-4 or 6-10, the
dealer shall pay the winning Ante Wager in accordance with §
680a.12(a)
(relating to payout odds; payout limitation).
(B) Has a Point Count of 5, the dealer shall
pay the winning Ante Wager in accordance with §
680a.12(b).
(2) Qualifies, and the
player's three-card hand:
(i) Does not
qualify, the dealer shall collect the player's losing Ante Wager.
(ii) Qualifies, the dealer shall reveal the
player's showdown hand and compare it to the dealer's showdown hand. If the
dealer's showdown hand:
(A) Is higher in Point
Count than the Point Count of the player's showdown hand, the dealer shall
collect the player's losing Ante Wager.
(B) Is lower in Point Count than the Point
Count of the player's showdown hand, the dealer shall pay the winning Ante
Wager in accordance with §
680a.12(a) if the
player's showdown hand had a Point Count of 1-4 or 6-10 and in accordance with
§
680a.12(b) if the
player's showdown hand had a Point Count of 5.
(C) Is equal in Point Count with the Point
Count of the player's showdown hand, the dealer shall return the player's Ante
Wager.
(e) After settling the player's Ante Wager,
the dealer shall settle any optional Bonus Wager by reconfiguring the player's
five cards to form the highest ranking Poker hand. If the player's hand:
(1) Does not contain two pair or better, as
provided in §
680a.6(c)
(relating to Saigon 5 Card rankings), the dealer shall collect the losing Bonus
Wager.
(2) Contains two pair or
better, the dealer shall pay the winning Bonus Wager in accordance with §
680a.12(c).
(f) After
settling the player's Ante and Bonus Wagers, the dealer shall settle the Pot
Wager, if offered by the certificate holder, by determining which player's
two-card hand point total ranks the highest. The player with the highest
ranking two-card hand point total shall be paid the entire pot amount provided
that if there is a tie hand, the pot shall be split evenly between the winning
players.
(g) After all wagers of
the player have been settled, the dealer shall remove any 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.
The provisions of this § 680a.11 amended under
4
Pa.C.S. §§
1202(b)(30),
1322, 13A 02(1) and (2),
13A27, 1602, 1604 and 1608.
