Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 49, December 7, 2024
Section 651a.9 - Procedures for completion of each round of play; collection and payment of wagers(a) After the dealing procedures required under § 651a.8 (relating to procedure for dealing the cards) have been completed, the dealer shall, starting from his right and continuing around the table in a counterclockwise direction, compare the rank of each player's card with that of the dealer's card and settle all Initial and Tie Wagers as follows:(1) If a player's card is lower in rank than the dealer's card, the dealer shall immediately collect the Initial Wager and Tie Wager, if applicable.(2) If a player's card is higher in rank than the dealer's card, the player shall win his Initial Wager and lose his Tie Wager, if applicable.(3) If the player's card and the dealer's card are of equal rank (a tie hand), the player shall select one of the options in subsection (c) as to his Initial Wager and win his Tie Wager, if applicable.(b) Losing Initial and Tie Wagers made on the original deal shall be collected by the dealer and placed in the table inventory container. Winning Initial and Tie Wagers made on the original deal shall be paid by the dealer in accordance with the payout odds provided in § 651a.10(a)(1) and (2) (relating to payout odds).(c) If a player has a tie hand, the player shall select one of the following options:(1) The player may surrender 1/2 of his Initial Wager and end his participation in that round of play. If a player selects this option, the dealer shall collect 1/2 of the player's Initial Wager and place it in the table inventory container. The dealer shall then return the remaining 1/2 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 place a War Wager in an amount equal to the player's Initial Wager, in accordance with subsection (e).(d) After settling 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 the event of a question or dispute.(e) If any player elects to place a War Wager upon the occurrence of a tie hand, the dealer shall confirm the placement of the War Wager prior to dealing additional cards. 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 also place a Tie Wager on the War deal.(f) The War deal shall begin with the dealer removing three cards from the shoe face down and, without revealing the rank of the three cards to anyone, placing them in the discard rack and then dealing the next card face up to the player farthest to the dealer's left who has placed a War Wager. The dealer shall place the player's War card 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 under subsection (f) have been completed, the dealer shall, beginning from the dealer's right and proceeding around the table in a counterclockwise direction, compare the rank of each player's War card to the dealer's War card and settle all War and Tie Wagers as follows: (1) If the player's War card is lower in rank than the dealer's War card, the dealer shall immediately collect the Initial Wager, War Wager and Tie Wager, if applicable.(2) If the player's War card is higher in rank than the dealer's War card, the Initial Wager shall be returned to the player, the player shall win his War Wager and lose his Tie Wager, if applicable.(3) If the player's War card and the dealer's War card are of equal rank, the Initial Wager shall be returned to the player and the player shall win his War Wager and his Tie Wager, if applicable.(h) Losing Initial, War and Tie Wagers shall be collected by the dealer and placed in the table inventory container. Winning War and Tie Wagers shall then be paid in accordance with the payout odds in § 651a.10(a)(2) and (3). 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 the event of a question or dispute. This section cited in 58 Pa. Code § 651a.1 (relating to definitions); and 58 Pa. Code § 651a.7 (relating to wagers).