New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 69F - RULES OF THE GAMES › Subchapter 21 - FAST ACTION HOLD 'EM › Section 13:69F-21.8 - Procedures for completion of each round of play; setting of hands; payment and collection of wagers; payout odds

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Except as
				provided in (b), (c), and (f) below, after each player and the dealer have
				received four cards, each player shall set his or her hand by choosing two
				cards to use with the community cards and placing them face down on the layout
				immediately in front of the gaming chips or plaques that he or she has wagered.
				The two cards to be discarded shall be placed face down on the appropriate area
				of the layout.
(b) If the four
				cards dealt to a player are a natural, the player shall announce that he or she
				has a natural and turn the four cards face up on the table for confirmation. If
				the dealer confirms the player was dealt a natural, the dealer shall thereupon
				immediately pay the player at odds of 5 to 1, collect the four cards and place
				them in the discard rack.
(c) A
				player may elect to split the four cards into two separate hands provided the
				player makes a wager on the second hand so formed in an amount equal to his or
				her original wager. If a player elects to split, he or she shall place two
				cards face down in front of his or her original wager and place the remaining
				two cards face down in the area designated for discarded cards with the
				additional wager placed thereon.
(d) Each player at the table shall be
				responsible for setting his or her own hand and no other person except the
				dealer may touch the cards of that player. Each player shall be required to
				keep the four cards in full view of the dealer at all times. Once each player
				has set his or her hand and placed the cards face down on the appropriate areas
				of the layout, the player shall not be permitted to touch the cards again
				during the round of play.
(e) After
				all players have placed their cards on the table; the dealer shall collect all
				discarded cards without exposing them, starting from the right and proceeding
				counterclockwise around the table, and place them in the discard rack. The
				dealer shall verify that two cards, except as provided in (b) and (c) above and
				(f) below, were collected from each player.
(f) A player may elect to discontinue play on
				his or her hand for that round by placing all four cards face down in the area
				designated for the discarded cards and announcing his or her decision prior to
				the dealer collecting the discarded cards pursuant to (e) above. A player who
				elects to exercise this option shall surrender one-half of his or her original
				wager, which shall be immediately collected by the dealer and placed in the
				table inventory. The dealer shall then collect the four cards in the area
				designated for the discarded cards, without exposing them, and verify that four
				cards were collected by counting them face down on the layout prior to placing
				them in the discard rack.
(g) Once
				all discarded cards have been collected and placed in the discard rack, the
				four cards of the dealer shall be turned over and, except as provided in (h)
				below, the dealer shall set his or her hand in accordance with (i) below by
				choosing two cards to be used with the community cards and placing them face up
				on the layout in front of the table inventory container. The two cards to be
				discarded shall be placed in the discard rack.
(h) If the four cards dealt to the dealer are
				a natural, then the dealer shall not deal the community cards and shall,
				starting from the right and proceeding counterclockwise around the table,
				collect all wagers. The dealer shall only collect the amount of the original
				wager when a player has split his or her hand in accordance with (c) above. The
				dealer shall then collect all cards and place them in the discard
				rack.
(i) The dealer shall set his
				or her hand in accordance with the following prioritized two-card rankings or
				"house ways," in order from highest to lowest preference:
1. Suited pair;
2. Highest pair;
3. Ace with highest suited card, 10 or
				better;
4. Highest suited running
				cards, 10 and jack or better;
5.
				Ace with highest card, 10 or better;
6. Highest non-suited running cards, jack and
				queen or better;
7. Ace with
				highest suited card;
8. Highest
				suited cards, 10 or better;
9.
				Highest cards, jack or better;
10.
				Ace with highest card;
11. Any
				suited, running cards;
12. Highest
				suited cards, not running;
13. Any
				running cards; and
14. Highest
				cards.