(a) Wagers at Five
Card Hi-Lo shall be made by placing value chips, plaques or other
Board-approved wagering instruments, as defined in §
603a.10 (relating to permissible
wagering; exchange and redemption of gaming chips and plaques), on the
appropriate areas of the Five Card Hi-Lo layout. Verbal wagers accompanied by
cash may not be accepted.
(b) Only
players who are seated at a Five Card Hi-Lo 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 at Five Card Hi-Lo shall be
placed prior to the dealer announcing "no more bets" in accordance with the
dealing procedures in §
663a.8, §
663a.9 or §
663a.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). A wager may not be made, increased or withdrawn after the dealer
has announced "no more bets."
(d)
To participate in a round of play and compete against the dealer's high and low
hands, a player shall place an Ante Wager.
(e) A certificate holder may, if specified in
its Rules Submission under §
601a.2 (relating to table games
Rules Submissions), offer to each player who placed an Ante Wager, in
accordance with subsection (d), the option of placing the following additional
wagers:
(1) A Tie Wager that the total point
value of either the high hand or the low hand of the player, or both, will tie
the high or low hand of the dealer.
(2) A Poker Bonus Wager that the five cards
dealt to the player will form a five-card Poker hand with a rank of a pair of
6s or better or a pair of 7s or better, as described in §
663a.6(b)
(relating to Five Card Hi-Lo rankings), depending on the pay table selected by
the certificate holder.
(f) A certificate holder may, if specified in
its Rules Submission under §
601a.2, permit a player to wager
on two adjacent betting areas at a Five Card Hi-Lo table. If a certificate
holder permits a player to wager on adjacent betting areas, the cards dealt to
each betting area shall be played separately. If the two wagers are not equal,
the player shall rank and set the hand with the larger wager before ranking and
setting the other hand. If the amounts wagered are equal, each hand shall be
played separately in a counterclockwise rotation with the first hand being
ranked and set before the player proceeds to rank and set the second hand. Once
a hand has been ranked, set and placed face down on the layout, the hands may
not be changed.
