New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 69F - RULES OF THE GAMES › Subchapter 14 - POKER › Section 13:69F-14.12B - Badugi; procedures for dealing of cards; completion of each round of play

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Each casino
				licensee shall be required to observe the procedures set forth in this section
				for each game of Badugi poker offered in its casino room or casino simulcasting
				facility.
(b) Each poker table
				shall be restricted to a maximum of nine players. Each player who elects to
				participate in a round of play may be required to place an ante. The rule
				governing the placement of an ante and the amount of the ante, if any, shall be
				posted on a sign at each poker table in accordance with
				13:69F-8.3.
(c) The order in which the cards shall be
				dealt and the order in which players shall be required or have the option to
				bet shall be determined in accordance with the procedures governing the use of
				a button as set forth in
				13:69F-14.10(c).
(d) Starting with the player to the immediate
				left of the button and continuing in a clockwise rotation around the poker
				table, the dealer shall deal four rounds of cards face down to each player with
				the player with the button being the last player to receive a card each
				time.
(e) After each player has
				been dealt four cards face down, an initial betting round shall be completed in
				accordance with the provisions of
				13:69F-14.10(d) and
				(f).
(f) After completion of the initial betting
				round, each player remaining in the round of play, starting with the player to
				the immediate left of the button and continuing in a clockwise rotation around
				the poker table, shall have an opportunity to draw new cards one player at a
				time. Prior to the first player receiving any new cards, the dealer shall burn
				the top card of the deck. Each player may keep his or her original hand or
				discard as many cards as he or she chooses. Each discarded card shall be
				replaced by the dealer with a new card dealt from the stub. If an insufficient
				number of cards remain in the stub for a player to draw new cards, the dealer
				shall deal any remaining cards in the stub to the player and all discarded
				cards, except for the cards discarded by that player, shall be reshuffled and
				any additional new cards shall be dealt to the player.
(g) After the completion of discarding and
				drawing new cards, the second betting round shall be completed in accordance
				with the provisions of
				13:69F-14.10(d) and
				(f).
(h) After the second betting round, each
				player remaining in the round of play, starting with the player to the
				immediate left of the button and continuing in a clockwise rotation around the
				poker table, shall have an opportunity to draw new cards one player at a time.
				Each player may keep his or her original hand or discard as many cards as he or
				she chooses. Each discarded card shall be replaced by the dealer with a new
				card dealt from the deck in accordance with (f) above.
(i) After the completion of discarding and
				drawing new cards, the third betting round shall be completed in accordance
				with the provisions of
				13:69F-14.10(d) and
				(f).
(j) After the third betting round, each
				player remaining in the round of play, starting with the player to the
				immediate left of the button and continuing in a clockwise rotation around the
				poker table, shall have an opportunity to draw new cards one player at a time.
				Each player may keep his or her original hand or discard as many cards as he or
				she chooses. Each discarded card shall be replaced by the dealer with a new
				card dealt from the deck in accordance with (f) above.
(k) After the completion of discarding and
				drawing new cards, the fourth and final betting round shall commence with the
				option to bet or check belonging to the first player to the left of the button
				who has not folded. Each subsequent player may, in clockwise rotation, fold,
				call, raise the bet or, if preceding players have not made a bet, make an
				opening bet, or check. The final betting round shall be considered complete
				when the last player has responded to the most recent bet.
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) If more than one player
				remains in the round of play after the final betting round has been completed,
				a showdown shall be used to determine the winner of the pot based upon the
				following rankings in order from highest to lowest:
1. The lowest Badugi hand shall win the pot.
				A Badugi hand is a hand in which each of the four cards have a different suit
				from the others and rank, as set forth in
				13:69F-14.3(e).
				The lowest Badugi hand is an ace, two, three and four in which each of the four
				cards have a different suit from the others.
2. If no remaining players have a Badugi hand
				then the winner of the pot shall be the player with the lowest hand containing
				three cards, each of a different suit and rank.
3. If no remaining players have a hand
				containing three cards, each of a different suit and rank, then the winner
				shall be the player with the lowest hand containing two cards, each of a
				different suit and rank.
4. If no
				remaining players have a hand containing two cards, each of a different suit
				and rank then the winner shall be the player with the lowest card.
5. In the event of a tie between more than
				one player remaining at the end of a round of play the pot shall be split
				evenly.