Section 583.7. Wagers

(a) Wagers at Flop Poker shall be made by placing value chips or plaques on the appropriate areas of the table layout. Verbal wagers accompanied by cash may not be accepted.

(b) Only players who are seated at a Flop Poker table may wager at the game. Once a player has placed a wager and received cards, that player shall remain seated until the completion of the round of play. If a player leaves the table during a round of play, any wagers made by the player may be considered abandoned and may be treated as losing wagers.

(c) All wagers, except the Flop Wager, shall be placed prior to the dealer announcing ‘‘no more bets’’ in accordance with the dealing procedure in § 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). Except as provided in § 583.11(b) (relating to procedures for completion of each round of play), a wager may not be made, increased or withdrawn after the dealer has announced ‘‘no more bets.’’

(d) The following wagers may be placed in the game of Flop Poker:

(1) To participate in a round of play, each player shall place a Pot Wager equal to the table minimum and an Ante Wager.

(2) A player shall compete against a posted paytable by placing a Flop Wager equal to the player’s Ante Wager, in accordance with § 583.11(b).

(3) A certificate holder may, if specified in its Rules Submission under § 601a.2 (relating to table games Rules Submissions), offer to each player at a Flop Poker table the option to make an additional Three Card Bonus Wager that the player’s first three cards will contain a pair or better.

(e) A player may not wager on more than one player position at a Flop Poker table.

Notation

Cross References

This section cited in 58 Pa. Code § 583.2 (relating to Flop Poker table physical characteristics); 58 Pa. Code § 583.8 (relating to procedure for dealing the cards from a manual dealing shoe); 58 Pa. Code § 583.9 (relating to procedure for dealing the cards from the hand); and 58 Pa. Code § 583.10 (relating to procedures for dealing the cards from an automated dealing shoe).