N.J. Admin. Code § 13:69F-20.10

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

Section 13:69F-20.10 - Procedures for completion of each round of play

(a) After the dealing procedures required by N.J.A.C. 13:69F-20.7, 20.8, or 20.9 have been completed, each player shall examine his or her cards. Each player who wagers at three-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) After examination of his or her cards, each player who has placed an ante wager shall have the option to either make a play wager in an amount equal to the player's ante wager or forfeit the ante wager and end his or her participation in the round of play. The dealer shall offer this option to each player, starting with the player farthest to the left of the dealer and moving clockwise around the table in order. If a player has placed an ante wager and a pair plus wager but does not make a play wager, the player shall forfeit the ante wager and the pair plus wager. If a player has placed an ante wager, a pair plus wager and a six-card bonus wager, but does not make a play wager, the player shall forfeit the ante wager and the pair plus wager, but shall not forfeit the six-card bonus wager. After each player has either placed a wager on the table in the play wager area or forfeited his or her wager and hand, the dealer shall collect all forfeited wagers and associated cards, placing them in the discard rack. The dealer shall then reveal the dealer's cards and place the cards so as to form the highest possible ranking hand. If an automated dealing shoe is used to deal the cards pursuant to N.J.A.C. 13:69F-20.9 and a cover card is used on top of the dealer's stack removed from the shoe, the cover card shall be removed from the stack and placed on the table layout immediately next to the automated dealing shoe.

(c) The dealer shall then settle the wagers remaining on the table by complying with either (c)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 three-card hand of each remaining player;

ii. Collect all losing wagers;

iii. Pay each winning wager in accordance with the payout odds listed in N.J.A.C. 13:69F-20.11; 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 three-card hand of the player;

ii. Collect losing wagers or pay winning wagers in accordance with the payout odds listed in N.J.A.C. 13:69F-20.11; and

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

(d) 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-20.10