South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:18 - GAMING COMMISSION - DEADWOOD GAMBLING › Chapter 20:18:16 - Poker › Section 20:18:16:01 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 51, page 10, July 15, 2024
Terms used in this chapter mean:
(1) "Ante," a player's initial bet or
				predetermined contribution to the pot before the first card of the game is
				dealt;
(2) "Bad bet pots" and "pool
				pots," progressive amounts of money which are contributed by poker patrons and
				distributed back to poker patrons by the licensee based on the occurrence of a
				predetermined event, such as a losing hand containing a predetermined
				combination of cards;
(3) "Bet," a
				player's wager to the pot on any betting round;
(4) "Betting round," a complete cycle in a
				hand of poker after all players have called or folded;
(5) "Blind bet," a bet made before the first
				card of the game is dealt;
(6)
				"Button," an object which is moved clockwise around the table to denote an
				imaginary dealer;
(7) "Buy-in," a
				purchase of chips by a player prior to play;
(8) "Call," a bet made equal to the
				immediately preceding bet;
(9)
				"Check," to waive the right to initiate the betting in a round, but to retain
				the right to call;
(10) "Check and
				raise," a raise after a player first checked in a round;
(11) "Chips," tokens or 25-cent coins,
				50-cent coins, or silver dollars;
(12) "Community cards," in the game of Texas
				hold'em, cards dealt face upward which can be used by all players to make their
				best hand;
(13) "Deal," the
				distribution of playing cards among the players;
(14) "Deuce," the term for the number two
				card of any suit;
(15) "Draw," in
				draw poker, the taking of additional cards by a player prior to the second
				round of betting;
(16) "Flop," in
				the games of Texas hold'em and Omaha, the first three community cards dealt
				face up at one time;
(17) "Fold,"
				to discard a hand during a betting round by refusing to match a bet;
(18) "Hand," one game in a series, one deal,
				the cards held by a player, or the best five cards of a player's
				holding;
(19) "Hole-card," a card
				held by a player which is unseen by the other players;
(20) "Live stakes," chips, tokens, coins, and
				currency on the table in front of a player;
(21) "Misdeal," to deal a hand of poker
				wrongly, including dealing to at least two players more cards than those
				players are entitled to and dealing to at least two players more cards than
				those players are entitled to after the dealing of the hand is
				completed;
(22) "Open," "openers,"
				"to open," a bet or a check by the required player;
(23) "Opener," the player who makes the first
				bet in any betting round;
(24) "Pat
				hand," a hand which does not need another card drawn to it;
(25) "Pot," a location on the poker table;
				the total amount anted and bet by players during a game which is awarded to the
				winning player or players;
(26)
				"Raise," a bet in an amount greater than the immediately preceding bet in that
				betting round;
(27) "Rake-off" or
				"rake," the amount taken from the pot by the retail licensee;
(28) "Round," a cycle of bets made by the
				players following the deal of the cards;
(29) "Showdown," the revealing of each
				player's hand by the player after the last bet to determine the winners of the
				pot;
(30) "Stake," the funds with
				which a player enters the game; and
(31) "Wild card," a card that a player may
				declare to have any value in the deck.
General Authority:
SDCL
					 42-7B-7.
Law Implemented:
SDCL
					 42-7B-1,
					 42-7B-2,
					 42-7B-2.1,
					 42-7B-3,
					 42-7B-4,
					 42-7B-7,
					 42-7B-14,
					 42-7B-15.