N.J. Admin. Code § 13:69F-22.8

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

Section 13:69F-22.8 - Procedures for completion of each round of play; collection and payment of wagers

(a) After the dealing procedures required by N.J.A.C. 13:69F-22.7 have been completed, the dealer shall, beginning from the dealer's left and proceeding around the table in a clockwise direction, compare the rank of each player's card with that of the dealer's card and settle all initial and tie wagers.

1. If a player's card is lower in rank than the dealer's card, the player shall lose his or her initial wager and, if applicable, tie wager.

2. If a player's card is higher in rank than the dealer's card, the player shall win his or her initial wager and, if applicable, lose his or her tie wager.

3. If the player's card and the dealer's card are of equal rank (a tie hand), the player shall be afforded the options specified in (c) below as to his or her initial wager and, if applicable, win his or her tie wager.

(b) All losing initial wagers and tie wagers shall be collected by the dealer and placed in the table inventory container. All winning initial wagers and tie wagers shall be paid by the dealer in accordance with the payout odds provided in N.J.A.C. 13:69F-22.9.

(c) In a player has a tie hand, the player shall be offered one of the following options:

1. The player may surrender one-half of his or her initial wager and end his or her participation in that round of play. If a player selects this option, the dealer shall collect one-half of the player's initial wager and place it in the table inventory container. The dealer shall return the remaining one-half of the initial wager to the player. The dealer shall then proceed around the table in a clockwise direction, repeating the process for each player with a tie hand who selects this option.

2. The player may surrender his or her entire initial wager and place a war wager pursuant to (e) below.

(d) After settling all initial wagers and tie wagers on the original deal, the dealer shall collect the cards of all players except for the cards of those players with a tie hand who have elected to go to war. The collected cards shall be placed in the discard rack in a manner that permits the reconstruction of each hand of the original deal in case of a question or dispute.

(e) If any player elects to make a war wager upon the occurrence of a tie hand, the dealer shall confirm the placement of the war wager and collect the full amount of the player's initial wager and place it in the table inventory container. The player's card and the dealer's card from the original deal shall remain exposed during the war deal. The dealer shall offer any player who has elected to go to war the opportunity to place a tie wager on the war deal.

(f) The war deal shall begin with the dealer discarding three burn cards and then dealing the next card face up to the player farthest to the dealer's left who has placed a war wager. The player's war deal card shall be placed on the table adjacent to the player's card from the original deal. The dealer shall then proceed around the table in a clockwise direction, repeating the process for each player who has placed a war wager and the dealer.

(g) After the dealing procedures required by (f) above have been completed, the dealer shall, beginning from the dealer's left and proceeding around the table in a clockwise direction, compare the rank of each player's card from the war deal to the dealer's card from the war deal and settle all war and tie wagers.

1. If the player's card in the war deal is lower in rank than the dealer's card in the aar deal, the player shall lose his or her war wager and, if applicable, tie wager.

2. If the player's card in the war deal is higher in rank than the dealer's card in the war deal, the player shall win his or her war wager and, if applicable, lose his or her tie wager.

3. If the player's card and the dealer's card in the war deal are of equal rank, the player shall win his or her war wager and, if applicable, tie wager.

(h) All losing war wagers and tie wagers shall be collected by the dealer and placed in the table inventory container. All winning war wagers and tie wagers shall be paid in accordance with the payout odds set forth in N.J.A.C. 13:69F-22.9. After the collection of all losing wagers and the payment of all winning wagers from the war deal, the dealer shall remove all remaining cards from the table and place them in the discard rack in a manner that permits the reconstruction of each hand of the war deal in case of a question or dispute.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:69F-22.8