N.J. Admin. Code § 13:69F-17.8
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024
Section 13:69F-17.8 - Procedure for dealing the cards(a) All cards used in double down stud shall be dealt from a dealing shoe or dealt from the dealer's hand, in accordance with the following procedures: 1. If a casino licensee chooses to have the cards dealt from a manual dealing shoe, the dealing shoe shall meet the requirements of N.J.A.C. 13:69E-1.19. Once the procedures required by N.J.A.C. 13:69F-17.4 have been completed, the deck shall be placed in the manual dealing shoe and the dealer shall announce "No more bets." Each card shall be removed from the dealing shoe with the dealer's left hand and placed on the appropriate area of the layout with the dealer's right hand.2. If the casino licensee chooses to have the cards dealt by hand, the following requirements shall be observed: i. The casino licensee shall use an automated shuffling device to shuffle the cards.ii. Once the procedures required by N.J.A.C. 13:69F-17.4 have been completed, the dealer shall place the deck of cards in either hand, and once the dealer has chosen the hand in which the cards will be held, the dealer shall use that hand whenever holding the cards during that round of play.iii. The cards held by the dealer shall at all times be kept in front of the dealer and over the table inventory container.iv. The dealer shall announce "No more bets" prior to dealing any cards. The dealer shall deal each card by holding the deck of cards in the chosen hand and using the other hand to remove the top card of the deck and place it on the appropriate area of the layout.(b) The dealer shall deal the first card, face up, to the player farthest to the left of the dealer and then, moving clockwise around the table, deal each remaining player a card, face up. The dealer shall then deal one card face down and three cards face up to the designated area directly in front of the table inventory container. These last four cards, together with the single card previously dealt to each player, shall be used to form the five card stud poker hand of each player for that round of play.(c) After all cards for the round of play have been dealt but before the dealer exposes the hole card, a player may place a double down wager in the designated betting area.(d) After all double down wagers have been placed, the dealer shall again announce "No more bets," and shall then turn over and reveal the hole card.(e) No player shall touch any of the cards during a round of play. N.J. Admin. Code § 13:69F-17.8