58 Pa. Code § 682a.11 - Procedures for completion of each round of play

(a) After the dealing procedures required under § 682a.8, § 682a.9 or § 682a.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 Prime 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, 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 Raise Wager in an amount equal to one, two or three times the player's Ante Wager or forfeit the Ante Wager and end his participation in the round of play. If a player has placed an Ante Wager and an optional Prime, Aces Bonus or All-Six Bonus Wager but does not make a Raise Wager, the player shall forfeit the Ante Wager but does not forfeit the Prime, Aces Bonus or All-Six Bonus Wagers.

(c) After each player who has placed an Ante Wager has either placed a Raise Wager on the designated area of the layout or forfeited his Ante Wager, the dealer shall collect all forfeited wagers and associated cards, except for the cards of those players who placed an optional Prime, Aces Bonus or All-Six Bonus Wager, and place the cards in the discard rack.

(d) The dealer shall then reveal the dealer's cards and place the cards so as to form the highest possible ranking four card 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 cards of each player face up on the layout and compare the player's four card hand to the dealer's four card hand.

(2) If the player's highest ranking four card hand is:

(i) Higher than or equal to the dealer's hand, as described in § 682a.6(b) (relating to Four Card Prime rankings), the dealer shall pay the winning Ante and Raise Wagers in accordance with § 682a.12(a) (relating to payout odds; Bad Beat Bonus; payout limitation). Additionally, after paying the player's winning Ante and Raise Wagers, if the player's hand is a three-of-a-kind or better, the dealer shall pay a Win Bonus, based on the value of the player's Ante Wager, in accordance with § 682a.12(b).

(ii) Lower than the dealer's hand, and the player's losing hand:

(A) Is not a three-of-a-kind or better, the dealer shall collect the player's losing Ante and Raise Wagers.

(B) Is a three-of-a-kind or better, the dealer shall collect the player's losing Raise Wager, return the player's Ante Wager and pay the player a Bad Beat Bonus on the player's Ante Wager, in accordance with § 682a.12(c).

(e) After settling the player's Ante and Raise Wagers, the dealer shall settle any optional wagers as follows:

(1) For the Prime Wager, if four or more of the player's five cards:

(i) Are not the same color, the dealer shall collect the losing Prime Wager.

(ii) Are of the same color, the dealer shall pay the winning Prime Wager in accordance with § 682a.12(d).

(2) For the Aces Bonus Wager, if the player's five card hand:

(i) Does not contain a pair of aces or better, as described in § 682a.6(d), the dealer shall collect the losing Aces Bonus Wager.

(ii) Contains a pair of aces or better, as described in § 682a.6(d), the dealer shall pay the winning Aces Bonus Wager in accordance with § 682a.12(e).

(3) For the All-Six Bonus Wager, the dealer shall expose the All-Six Bonus card and combine it with the player's five cards to form the highest ranking six-card hand as provided in § 682a.6(e). If the hand:

(i) Does not contain a three-of-a-kind or better, as described in § 682a.6(e), the dealer shall collect the losing All-Six Bonus Wager.

(ii) Contains a three-of-a-kind or better, as described in § 682a.6(e), the dealer shall pay the winning All-Six Bonus Wager in accordance with § 682a.12(f).

(f) After all wagers of the player have been settled, the dealer shall remove any 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

58 Pa. Code § 682a.11

This section cited in 58 Pa. Code § 682a.7 (relating to wagers); and 58 Pa. Code § 682a.13 (relating to irregularities).