N.J. Admin. Code § 13:69F-27.10

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 19, October 7, 2024

Section 13:69F-27.10 - Procedures for completion of each round of play

(a) After the dealing procedures required by 13:69F-27.7, 27.8, or 27.9 have been completed, each player shall examine his or her cards. Each player who wagers at four-card poker shall be responsible for his or her 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.

(b) The dealer shall, starting with the player farthest to his or her left and continuing clockwise around the table, offer each player who has placed an ante wager the option to either make a play wager or forfeit his or her ante wager. A play wager shall be made in an amount from one to three times the amount of the player's ante wager. If a player has placed an ante wager and an aces up wager but does not make a play wager, the player shall forfeit the ante wager but shall not forfeit the aces up wager.

(c) After each player has either placed a play wager on the designated area of the layout or forfeited his or her ante wager, the dealer shall collect all forfeited ante wagers. The dealer shall collect the cards of any player who forfeited his or her ante wager and also did not make an aces up wager, placing the cards in the discard rack.

(d) The dealer shall then reveal the dealer's cards and select the four cards that form the highest possible ranking hand. The dealer shall then, starting with the player farthest to his or her right whose hand is still active, reveal the cards of each player and select the four cards that form the highest possible ranking hand for each player. The dealer shall then collect all losing ante, play and aces up wagers.

(e) The dealer shall then settle the wagers remaining on the table by complying with either (e)1 or 2 below. A casino licensee shall identify in its gaming submission which alternative the dealer shall use. The dealer's cards shall be placed in the discard rack after all players' cards have been collected.

1. The dealer shall, for each of the following procedures, start with the player farthest to the dealer's right and continue counterclockwise around the table until the procedure has been completed as to all players:

i. Reveal the best four-card poker hand of each player;

ii. Collect all losing wagers;

iii. Pay each winning wager in accordance with the payout odds listed in 13:69F-27.11; and

iv. Collect all player hands and place them in the discard rack.

2. The dealer shall, starting with the player farthest to the dealer's right and continuing counterclockwise around the table, complete all of the following procedures as to each remaining player in succession:

i. Reveal the best four-card poker hand of the player;

ii. Collect losing wagers or pay winning wagers in accordance with the payout odds listed in 13:69F-27.11; and

iii. Collect the player's cards and place them in the discard rack.

(f) 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-27.10