Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 52, December 28, 2024
(a) After the dealing procedures required
under §§
688a.8,
688a.9 or
688a.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, the dealer shall set his seven cards into
two hands by arranging the cards into a high hand and low hand. The certificate
holder shall specify in its Rules Submission under §
601a.2 (relating to table games
Rules Submissions) the manner in which the hands of the dealer shall be set.
The dealer shall then place the high hand and low hand face up on the
appropriate area of the layout.
(b)
After the high hand and low hand of the dealer have been set, each player shall
examine his cards subject to the following limitations:
(1) Each player who wagers at a Face Up Pai
Gow Poker table shall be responsible for setting his own hands and no person
other than the dealer and the player to whom the cards were dealt may touch the
cards of that player. If a player requests assistance in the setting of his
hands, the dealer shall inform the player of the manner in which the
certificate holder requires the hands of the dealer to be set in accordance
with the certificate holder's Rules Submission under §
601a.2.
(2) Each player shall keep his seven cards in
full view of the dealer at all times.
(3) Once each player has set a high and low
hand and placed the two hands face down on the appropriate area of the layout,
the player may not touch the cards again.
(c) Each player shall set his hands by
arranging the cards into a high hand and a low hand. When setting the two
hands, the five-card high hand must be equal to or higher in rank than the
two-card low hand. For example, if the two-card hand contains a pair of sevens,
the five-card hand must contain at least a pair of sevens and the three
remaining cards.
(d) Unless a
player has placed an optional wager authorized under §
688a.7(e)(1)-(3)
(relating to wagers), a player may surrender his wager after the hands of the
dealer have been set. The player shall announce his intention to surrender
prior to the dealer exposing either of the two hands of that player as provided
in subsection (e). Once the player has announced his intention to surrender,
the dealer shall immediately collect the Face Up Pai Gow Poker Wager from that
player and collect the seven cards dealt to that player without exposing the
cards to anyone at the table. If any Qualifying Wagers have been placed, the
cards of the player shall remain on the table until collected in accordance
with subsection (h). The dealer shall verify that seven cards were collected by
counting them face down on the layout prior to placing them in the discard
rack.
(e) After the dealer has set
a high hand and a low hand, the dealer shall reveal both hands of each player,
beginning with the player farthest to the dealer's right and continuing around
the table in a counterclockwise direction. The dealer shall compare the high
and low hand of each player to the high and low hand of the dealer and shall
announce if the Face Up Pai Gow Poker Wager of that player wins, loses or is a
tie.
(f) A Face Up Pai Gow Poker
Wager will:
(1) Lose and will immediately be
collected if:
(i) The high hand of the player
is lower in rank than the high hand of the dealer and the low hand of the
player is lower in rank than the low hand of the dealer.
(ii) The high hand of the player is identical
in rank to the high hand of the dealer or the low hand of the player is
identical in rank to the low hand of the dealer and the other hand of the
player is identical in rank or lower in rank than the other hand of the
dealer.
(iii) The high hand of the
player was not set so as to rank equal to or higher than the low hand of that
player.
(iv) The two hands of the
player were not otherwise set correctly in accordance with this
chapter.
(2) Tie and will
be returned to the player if:
(i) The high
hand of the player is higher in rank than the high hand of the dealer, but the
low hand of the player is identical in rank to the low hand of the dealer or
lower in rank than the low hand of the dealer.
(ii) The high hand of the player is identical
in rank to the high hand of the dealer or lower in rank than the high hand of
the dealer, but the low hand of the player is higher in rank than the low hand
of the dealer.
(iii) The dealer has
an Ace High Pai Gow.
(3)
Win if the high hand of the player is higher in rank than the high hand of the
dealer and the low hand of the player is higher in rank than the low hand of
the dealer. The dealer shall pay the winning Face Up Pai Gow Poker Wager in
accordance with the payout odds in §
688a.12(a)
(relating to payout odds; Envy Bonus; rate of progression).
(g) Except as provided in subsection (h),
after settling the player's Face Up Pai Gow Poker Wager, the dealer shall place
the cards of the player in the discard rack.
(h) After settling the player's Face Up Pai
Gow Poker Wager, the dealer shall rearrange the seven cards of any player who
placed an optional wager, in accordance with §
688a.7(e)(1)-(3),
to form the highest ranking hand and be responsible for creating the hand for
purposes of all optional wagers offered by the certificate holder. If any
player at the table has placed a Qualifying Wager, the dealer shall rearrange
the cards of all players regardless of whether the player placed a Fortune
Bonus or Progressive Payout Wager. After rearranging the player's seven cards,
the dealer shall:
(1) Settle the player's Ace
High Bonus Wager as follows:
(i) If the
dealer:
(A) Does not have an Ace High Pai
Gow, as described in §
688a.6(d)
(relating to Face Up Pai Gow Poker rankings), the dealer shall collect the Ace
High Bonus Wager.
(B) Has an Ace
High Pai Gow, the dealer shall pay the winning Ace High Bonus Wager in
accordance with §
688a.12(b).
(2) Settle the
player's Fortune Bonus Wager as follows:
(i)
If a player:
(A) Does not have a straight or
higher, as described in §
688a.6(e), the
dealer shall collect the Fortune Bonus Wager.
(B) Has a straight or higher, the dealer
shall pay the winning Fortune Bonus Wager in accordance with §
688a.12(c). If
the player has an Envy Bonus Qualifying Hand and any player at the table placed
a Qualifying Wager, the dealer shall verbally acknowledge the Envy Bonus
Qualifying Hand and leave the cards of the player face up on the
table.
(C) Did not place a Fortune
Bonus Wager but has an Envy Bonus Qualifying Hand, and another player at the
table placed a Qualifying Wager, the dealer shall verbally acknowledge the Envy
Bonus Qualifying Hand and leave the cards of the player face up on the
table.
(ii) After all
Fortune Bonus Wagers have been settled, if any player is the holder of an Envy
Bonus Qualifying Hand, the dealer shall pay an Envy Bonus in accordance with
§
688a.12(c) to
each player who has an Envy lammer at the player's betting position. Players
are entitled to multiple Envy Bonuses when another player at the same Pai Gow
Poker table is the holder of an Envy Bonus Qualifying Hand. A player is not
entitled to an Envy Bonus for his own hand or the hand of the dealer.
(iii) After all Envy Bonuses have been paid,
the dealer shall collect all remaining cards and place them in the discard
rack.
(3) Settle the
player's Progressive Payout Wager as follows:
(i) If a player:
(A) Does not have a full house or better, as
described in §
688a.6(f), the
dealer shall collect the Progressive Payout Wager.
(B) Has a full house or better, the dealer
shall:
(1) Verify that the hand is a winning
hand.
(2) Verify that the
appropriate light on the progressive table game system has been
illuminated.
(3) Have a floorperson
or above validate the progressive payout in accordance with the certificate
holder's approved internal control procedures.
(4) Pay the winning Progressive Payout Wager
in accordance with the payout odds in §
688a.12(d). If a
player has won a progressive payout that is a percentage of 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, the cards of that player shall remain on the table until
the necessary documentation has been completed.
(C) Did not place a Progressive Payout Wager
but has an Envy Bonus Qualifying Hand, and another player at the table placed a
Qualifying Wager, the dealer shall verbally acknowledge the Envy Bonus
Qualifying Hand and leave the cards of the player face up on the table.
(i)
Notwithstanding the requirements in subsection (h), if the certificate holder
offers more than one optional wager, the dealer shall settle all of the
player's optional wagers before placing the player's cards in the discard
rack.
(j) All cards removed from
the table shall be placed in the discard rack in a manner that permits the
reconstruction of each hand in the event of a question or dispute.
