58 Pa. Code § 641a.11 - Procedures for completion of each round of play
(a) After the dealing procedures required
under §
641a.8, §
641a.9 or §
641a.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 Four Card Poker 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) After each
player has examined his cards and placed the cards face down on the layout, the
dealer shall, beginning with the player farthest to the dealer's left and
moving clockwise around the table, ask each player who placed an Ante Wager if
he wishes to make a Play Wager in an amount from one to three times the amount
of the player's Ante Wager or forfeit the Ante Wager and end his participation
in the round of play. If a player:
(1) Has
placed an Ante Wager and an Aces Up or Six Card Bonus Wager but does not make a
Play Wager, the player shall forfeit the Ante Wager but may not forfeit the
Aces Up or Six Card Bonus Wager.
(2) Has placed an Ante Wager and a Four or
Five-Card Progressive Payout Wager but does not make a Play Wager, the player
shall forfeit both the Ante Wager and the Progressive Payout Wager but may not
forfeit the eligibility to receive an Envy Bonus under §
641a.12(d) or (e)
(relating to payout odds; Envy Bonus; rate
of progression).
(c)
After each player who has placed an Ante Wager has either placed a Play Wager
on the designated area of the layout or forfeited his Ante Wager, the dealer
shall collect all forfeited wagers and associated cards, if applicable, and
place the cards in the discard rack. The dealer shall then reveal the dealer's
cards and select the four cards that form the highest possible ranking Four
Card Poker hand. After the dealer's cards are turned face up, 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:
(1)
The dealer shall turn the five cards of each player face up on the
layout.
(2) The dealer shall
examine the cards of the player and select the four cards that form the highest
possible ranking Poker hand for each player.
(3) If a player's highest ranking Four Card
Poker hand is ranked:
(i) Lower than the
dealer's Four Card Poker hand, the dealer shall immediately collect the Ante
and Play Wagers made by the player.
(ii) Higher than or equal to the dealer's
Four Card Poker hand, the dealer shall pay the Ante and Play Wagers and any
Ante Bonus in accordance with the payout odds in §
641a.12(a) and
(b).
(4) After settling a player's Ante and Play
Wagers, the dealer shall settle any Aces Up Wagers by determining whether the
player's Four Card Poker hand qualifies for a payout in accordance with §
641a.12(c). A
winning Aces Up Wager shall be paid irrespective of whether the player's Four
Card Poker hand outranks the dealer's hand.
(5) The dealer shall then settle the player's
Four or Five-Card Progressive Payout Wager, if offered by the certificate
holder. For the Five-Card Progressive Wager, the dealer shall form the highest
ranking five-card Poker hand from the five cards dealt to each player. A
winning Progressive Payout Wager shall be paid irrespective of whether the
player's hand outranks the dealer's hand. If a player 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 Four-Card Progressive
Payout Wager in accordance with the payout odds in §
641a.12(d) or the
winning Five-Card Progressive Payout Wager in accordance with the payout odds
in §
641a.12(e). 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.
(v) Pay any Envy Bonus as follows:
(A) A player making a Four-Card Progressive
Payout Wager shall receive a Four-Card Envy Bonus when another player at the
same Four Card Poker table is the holder of a Four-Card Envy Bonus Qualifying
Hand. Players are entitled to multiple Four-Card Envy Bonuses if more than one
other player is the holder of a Four-Card Envy Bonus Qualifying Hand. A player
is not entitled to a Four-Card Envy Bonus for his own hand or the hand of the
dealer. Four-Card Envy Bonus payouts shall be made in accordance with the
payouts in §
641a.12(d)(5).
(B) A player making a Five-Card Progressive
Payout Wager shall receive a Five-Card Envy Bonus when another player at the
same Four Card Poker table is the holder of a Five-Card Envy Bonus Qualifying
Hand. Players are entitled to multiple Five-Card Envy Bonuses if more than one
other player is the holder of a Five-Card Envy Bonus Qualifying Hand. A player
is not entitled to a Five-Card Envy Bonus for his own hand or the hand of the
dealer. Five-Card Envy Bonus payouts shall be made in accordance with the
payouts in §
641a.12(e)(5).
(6) After settling any Aces Up Wagers, the
dealer shall settle a player's Bad Beat Bonus Wager as follows:
(i) If the player's hand contains a two pair
or better and the dealer's hand outranks the player's hand, as provided in
§
641a.6(b)
(relating to Four Card Poker rankings), the certificate holder shall pay the
winning Bad Beat Bonus Wager in accordance with §
641a.12(f) based
on the rank of the player's losing hand.
(ii) If the dealer's hand contains a two pair
or better and the player's hand outranks the dealer's hand, as provided in
§
641a.6(b), the
certificate holder shall pay the winning Bad Beat Bonus Wager in accordance
with §
641a.12(f) based
on the rank of the dealer's losing hand.
(iii) If the player's hand and the dealer's
hand tie, if the player's hand of two pair or better does not lose to the
dealer's hand, or if the dealer's hand of two pair or better does not lose to
the player's hand, the dealer shall collect the player's losing Bad Beat Bonus
Wager.
(7) After settling
a player's Aces Up Wagers, the dealer shall settle the Five Card Hand Bonus
Wager, if offered by the certificate holder, and any Magic Card or Lucky Bonus
payouts. The dealer shall form the highest ranking five-card Poker hand of the
player and the dealer. For the dealer's hand, the dealer shall form the highest
ranking five-card Poker hand from the first five cards dealt to the dealer. A
winning Five Card Hand Bonus Wager shall be paid irrespective of whether the
player's hand outranks the dealer's hand. If a player has won a Five Card Hand
Bonus or any Magic Card or Lucky Bonus payout, the dealer shall:
(i) Verify that the hand is a winning
hand.
(ii) Have a floorperson or
above verify any Five Card Hand Bonus payout with odds of 500 for 1 or a payout
that is a percentage of the jackpot amount on the progressive meter in
accordance with approved internal control procedures submitted under §
465a.2 (relating to internal
control systems and audit protocols).
(iii) Credit the player's game account for
the winning Five Card Hand Bonus Wager or the Magic Card or Lucky Bonus payout
in accordance with §
641a.12(g). If a
player has won a Five Card Hand Bonus payout that is a percentage of the
jackpot amount on the progressive meter, the payout may not be paid to the
player's game account. If a player has won a payout that is not being paid to
the player's game account, the winning hand must remain on the table until the
necessary documentation has been completed.
(8) The dealer shall then settle a player's
Six Card Bonus Wager by revealing the Six Card Bonus card and combining it with
the player's five cards to form the highest ranking Poker hand as provided with
§
641a.6(e). If the
player's hand:
(i) Does not contain a
three-of-a-kind or better, the dealer shall collect the player's losing Six
Card Bonus Wager.
(ii) Contains a
three-of-a-kind or better, the dealer shall pay the winning Six Card Bonus
Wager in accordance with §
641a.12(h).
(d) 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.
Notes
The provisions of this § 641a.11 amended under 4 Pa.C.S. §§ 1202(b)(30) and 13A 02(1) and (2).
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