N.J. Admin. Code § 13:69F-25.10

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 13:69F-25.10 - Procedures for completion of each round of play

(a) After the dealing procedures required by N.J.A.C. 13:69F-25.7, 25.8, or 25.9 have been completed, the dealer shall turn over the community card in the vertical array farthest from the dealer and the community card in the horizontal array to the right of the dealer. Any player who has placed a three-card wager may elect to expose his or her two cards in order to qualify for the payout for the three-card wager. The dealer shall determine whether the player's two cards and the community card in the vertical array farthest from the dealer constitute a winning three-card wager hand. The dealer shall collect all losing three-card wagers from players who elect not to expose their two cards or from players who expose their two cards that do not qualify for the three-card wager payout. The dealer shall then pay all winning three-card wagers as set forth in N.J.A.C. 13:69F-25.11(c). The dealer shall turn face down the two cards of players who exposed them.

(b) After the resolution of all three-card wagers, each player shall make a decision regarding the fold option or the designation of an array of community cards to use pursuant to (c) below. Each player shall be responsible for his or her own hand, and shall be required to keep his or her two cards in full view of the dealer at all times. Each player's cards shall then be placed face down on the appropriate area of the layout and the player shall not touch the cards again.

(c) The dealer shall, beginning with the player to the dealer's left and moving clockwise around the table, ask each player if he or she wishes to fold or to play the hand.

1. If a player folds, the player shall lose his or her ante. After the dealer collects the player's ante and places it in the table inventory container, the dealer shall then immediately collect the player's cards and place them face down in the discard rack.

2. If a player elects to play the hand, the player shall use the two cards dealt to the player and three community cards in either a designated vertical or horizontal alignment of the cross formation to form a five card poker hand. The player shall verbally inform the dealer that he or she intends to use the three community cards in the vertical or horizontal alignment. The player shall place two additional wagers, both in equal amounts to the ante, in the same alignment (vertical or horizontal) of the community cards the player intends to use to form his or her five-card poker hand.

(d) After the player farthest to the dealer's right has made his or her decision, the dealer shall then turn over the remaining three community cards.

(e) After the dealer turns over the remaining three community cards, the dealer shall then turn over the dealer's two cards. The dealer shall determine the alignment of community cards, vertical or horizontal, that will yield the higher ranking poker hand. The dealer shall then place the dealer's two cards in the same alignment of the three community cards used to form the higher five-card poker hand.

(f) After the dealer determines the alignment of community cards for the dealer's hand in accordance with (e) above, the dealer shall start with the player farthest to his or her right, and continuing counterclockwise around the table, turn the two cards of each remaining player face up.

(g) Each remaining player who has not folded shall play his or her pre-designated five-card poker hand against the dealer's higher ranking five-card hand in accordance with the double cross poker hand rankings set forth at N.J.A.C. 13:69F-25.5.

1. The dealer shall compare the ranking of the player's five-card hand designated by the alignment of the player's wagers to the ranking of the dealer's five-card hand.

2. If the ranking of a player's five-card hand is lower than the dealer's hand, the player shall lose all three wagers. All three wagers shall be collected and placed into the table inventory container, and the player's cards shall be immediately collected by the dealer and placed face down in the discard rack.

3. If the ranking of a player's five-card hand is higher than the dealer's five-card hand, the player shall be paid 1 to 1 on the ante and an amount on the two raise wagers in accordance with the payout table set forth at N.J.A.C. 13:69F-25.11. In the event that a player's five-card hand and the dealer's five-card hand are of equal ranking ("tie hand"), the player's hand shall be considered a push, and the wager is neither paid nor collected. All winning five-card hands shall remain face up on the layout until all winning wagers have been paid by the dealer.

(h) After paying all winning wagers, the dealer shall immediately collect the cards of all players and place them in the discard rack, together with the remaining cards in the deck used for the round of play. All cards collected by the dealer shall be picked up in order and placed in the discard rack in such a way that they can be readily arranged to reconstruct each hand in the event of a question or dispute.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:69F-25.10