Section 583.11. Procedures for completion of each round of play

(a) After the dealing procedures required under § 583.8, § 583.9 or § 583.10 (relating to procedure for dealing the cards from a manual dealing shoe; procedure for dealing the cards from the hand; and procedures for dealing the cards from an automated dealing shoe) have been completed, each player shall examine his cards subject to the following limitations:

(1) Each player who wagers at Flop Poker shall be responsible for his 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.

(2) Each player shall keep his cards in full view of the dealer at all times.

(b) After each player has examined his cards, the dealer shall, beginning with the player farthest to the dealer’s left and moving clockwise around the table, ask each player if he wishes to fold or place a Flop Wager equal to his Ante Wager. If a player folds, the dealer shall collect the Ante Wager but the player’s cards shall remain on the layout. A player who folds will be eligible to win the Pot in accordance with subsection (e).

(c) Unless the certificate holder is utilizing an automated dealing shoe that dispenses the stack of community cards, once all players have either placed a Flop Wager or folded, the dealer shall burn the next card. The dealer shall then deal the flop face up to the designated area for the community cards.

(d) After the three community cards have been revealed, the dealer shall, beginning with the player farthest to the dealer’s right and moving counterclockwise around the table, turn the three cards of each player face up on the layout. The dealer shall then settle the Ante, Flop and Three Card Bonus Wagers as follows provided that the Ante, Flop and Three Card Bonus Wagers of each player shall be resolved one player at a time regardless of outcome:

(1) For each player who placed a Three Card Bonus Wager, the dealer shall form the highest ranking three-card Poker hand as described in § 583.6(d) (relating to Flop Poker rankings) from the three cards dealt to each player. If the player’s hand contains a pair or better, the dealer shall pay the winning wager in accordance with § 583.12(c) (relating to payout odds; Envy Bonus; rate of progression; payout limitation).

(2) The dealer shall then select five cards from the player’s three cards and two of the community cards to form the highest ranking five-card Poker hand. If the player’s five-card Poker hand contains a pair of jacks or better, the dealer shall pay the winning Ante and Flop Wagers in accordance with § 583.12(a) and (b).

(e) After settling each player’s Ante, Flop and Three Card Bonus Wagers, the dealer shall settle the Pot Wager by determining which player’s five-card Poker hand ranks the highest. The player with the highest ranking five-card Poker hand shall be paid the entire Pot amount. If there is a tie hand, the player with the next highest card shall be awarded the entire Pot amount. If there is a tie hand and players have identical hands, the Pot shall be split evenly between the winning players.

(f) After all wagers have been settled, 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 in the event of a question or dispute.

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Cross References

This section cited in 58 Pa. Code § 583.7 (relating to wagers); 58 Pa. Code § 583.8 (relating to procedure for dealing the cards from a manual dealing shoe); and 58 Pa. Code § 583.9 (relating to procedure for dealing the cards from the hand).