(a) Wagers at World
Poker Tour Heads-Up Hold 'Em shall be made by placing value chips, plaques or
other Board-approved table game wagering instruments on the appropriate areas
of the table layout. Verbal wagers accompanied by cash may not be
accepted.
(b) Only players who are
seated at the World Poker Tour Heads-Up Hold 'Em table may place a 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 Ante, Odds, Trips Plus and Pocket
Bonus Wagers shall be placed prior to the dealer announcing "no more bets" in
accordance with the dealing procedure in §
677a.8, §
677a.9 or §
677a.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). Except as provided in §
677a.11(b), (d) and
(f) (relating to procedure for completion of
each round of play), a wager may not be made, increased or withdrawn after the
dealer has announced "no more bets."
(d) The following wagers may be placed in the
game of World Poker Tour Heads-Up Hold 'Em:
(1) A player shall compete against the
dealer's five-card Poker hand by placing an Ante Wager and an Odds Wager equal
to the player's Ante Wager then a Raise Wager in accordance with §
677a.11(b), (d) or
(f).
(2) If specified in its Rules Submission
under §
601a.2 (relating to table games
Rules Submissions), a certificate holder may offer to each player at a World
Poker Tour Heads-Up Hold 'Em table the option to make an additional Pocket
Bonus Wager that the player's first two cards will contain a pair or an ace and
a king, queen or jack. A Pocket Bonus Wager does not have a bearing on any
other wager made by the player.
(3)
If specified in its Rules Submission under §
601a.2, a certificate holder may
offer to each player at a World Poker Tour Heads-Up Hold 'Em table the option
to make an additional Trips Plus Wager that the player's five-card Poker hand
formed from any of the player's two cards and the five community cards will
contain a three-of-a-kind or better as defined in §
677a.6(b)
(relating to World Poker Tour Heads-Up Hold 'Em rankings). A Trips Plus Wager
does not have a bearing on any other wager made by the
player.
(e) The
certificate holder shall specify in its Rules Submission under §
601a.2 the number of adjacent
boxes on which a player may place a wager in one round of play.
