58 Pa. Code § 674a.11 - Procedures for completion of each round of play

(a) After the dealing procedures required under § 674a.8, § 674a.9 or § 674a.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 Criss-Cross 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 two cards in full view of the dealer at all times.

(b) After each player has examined his cards, the dealer shall, beginning with the player farthest to the dealer's left and moving clockwise around the table, ask each player if he wishes to place an Across Bet in an amount equal to one to three times the total amount of the player's Ante Across Wager. If a player does not place an Across Bet, the player's Ante Across and Ante Down Wagers shall be collected and the player's cards placed in the discard rack provided that if a player also placed a Five Card Bonus Wager, the player's Five Card Bonus Wager shall remain on the table until resolved in accordance with subsection (h)(5).

(c) After each player has made a decision regarding the Across Bet and any forfeited hands have been collected, the dealer shall then turn the two outside community cards in the horizontal row face up on the layout.

(d) After the first two community cards are exposed, the dealer shall, beginning with the player farthest to the dealer's left and moving clockwise around the table, ask each player if he wishes to place a Down Bet in an amount equal to one to three times the total amount of the player's Ante Down Wager. If a player does not place a Down Bet, the player's Ante Across Wager, Ante Down Wager and Across Bet shall be collected and the player's cards placed in the discard rack provided that if a player also placed a Five Card Bonus Wager, the player's Five Card Bonus Wager shall remain on the table until resolved in accordance with subsection (h)(5).

(e) The dealer shall then turn the two outside community cards in the vertical row face up leaving only the middle community card face down on the layout.

(f) After the third and fourth community cards are exposed, the dealer shall, beginning with the player farthest to the dealer's left and moving clockwise around the table, ask each player if he wishes to place a Middle Bet in an amount equal to one to three times the amount of the player's Ante Across or Ante Down Wager. If a player does not place a Middle Bet, the player's Ante Across Wager, Ante Down Wager, Across Bet and Down Bet shall be collected and the player's cards placed in the discard rack provided that if a player also placed a Five Card Bonus Wager, the player's Five Card Bonus Wager shall remain on the table until resolved in accordance with subsection (h)(5). After all remaining players have placed a Middle Bet, each player shall place his cards face down on the appropriate area of the layout.

(g) The dealer shall then turn the middle community card face up on the layout. After all five community 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, turn the two cards of the player face up on the layout. The player's two cards and the three community cards in the horizontal line shall form the player's five-card Across Hand while the player's two cards and the three community cards in the vertical line shall form the player's five-card Down Hand.

(h) The dealer shall settle all wagers of that player by collecting losing wagers and paying winning wagers as follows:

(1) If a player's Across Hand:

(i) Is less than a pair of 6s, the dealer shall collect the losing Ante Across and Across Bet Wagers.

(ii) Is a pair of 6s or better, as described in § 674a.6(b) (relating to Criss-Cross Poker rankings), the dealer shall return or pay out the winning Ante Across wager in accordance with § 674a.12(a) (relating to payout odds) and the Across Bet in accordance with § 674a.12(b).

(2) If a player's Down Hand:

(i) Is less than a pair of 6s, the dealer shall collect the losing Ante Down and Down Bet wagers.

(ii) Is a pair of 6s or better, as described in § 674a.6(b), the dealer shall return or pay out the winning Ante Down Wager in accordance with § 674a.12(a) and the Down Bet in accordance with § 674a.12(b).

(3) If neither of a player's Down or Across Hands contains a pair of 6s or better, the dealer shall collect the losing Middle Bet Wager.

(4) If either of a player's Down or Across Hands contains a pair of 6s or better, as described in § 674a.6(b), the dealer shall pay out the Middle Bet Wager in accordance with § 674a.12(b). The payout shall be based on the higher ranking Across Hand or Down Hand.

(5) After settling the player's other wagers, the dealer shall settle the player's Five Card Bonus Wager, if applicable. If the five community cards form a five-card Poker hand of a pair of 6s or better, as described in § 674a.6(b), the dealer shall pay the winning Five Card Bonus Wager in accordance with § 674a.12(c).

(i) After all wagers of the player have been settled, the dealer shall remove the player's 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

58 Pa. Code § 674a.11

This section cited in 58 Pa. Code § 674a.2 (relating to Criss-Cross Poker table physical characteristics); 58 Pa. Code § 674a.7 (relating to wagers); and 58 Pa. Code § 674a.13 (relating to irregularities).