The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Ante" or "ante wager" means the initial wager, required to be made by a player prior to any cards being dealt, that the player's hand will qualify for a posted payout.
"Community cards" means the three cards dealt face down in the center of the table, two of which shall be used by each player with his or her own three cards to form the best possible player hand.
"Flop wager" means the optional additional wager, equal in amount to the player's ante wager and placed prior to exposure of the community cards by the dealer that the player's hand will qualify for a posted payout.
"Hand" or "player hand" means the highest ranking five-card poker hand that can be formed using two of the three community cards and the three cards dealt to a player.
"Pot wager" means the initial wager, required to be made by a player prior to any cards being dealt, that the player's hand will be the highest ranking player hand at the table during the round of play.
"Rank" or "ranking" means the relative position of a card or hand as set forth in 13:69F-29.5.
"Round of play" or "round" means one complete cycle of play during which all players playing at the table have placed their wagers, been dealt a hand and had their wagers paid or collected in accordance with the rules of this subchapter.
"Stub" means the remaining portion of the deck after all cards in the round of play have been dealt.
"Suit" means one of the four categories of cards: club, diamond, heart, or spade, with no suit being higher in rank than another.
"Surrender" means the decision of a player to forfeit his or her ante wager prior to the dealer exposing the community cards.
"Three-card bonus wager" means the optional wager a player may make prior to any cards being dealt to the player that will qualify for a payout in accordance with a posted pay table regardless of the outcome of any other wager made by the player.
"Tie hand" means a five-card poker hand that is of equal rank with another five-card poker hand during a round of play.
N.J. Admin. Code § 13:69F-29.1