Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part VII - GAMING CONTROL BOARD › Subpart K - Table Games › Chapter 641a - FOUR CARD POKER › Section 641a.8 - Procedures for dealing the cards from a manual dealing shoe

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) If a manual dealing shoe is used, the
				  dealing shoe must be located on the table in a location approved by the Bureau
				  of Casino Compliance in accordance with §
										601a.10(g)
				  (relating to approval of table game layouts, signage and equipment). Once the
				  procedures required under §
										641a.5 (relating to shuffle and
				  cut of the cards) have been completed, the stacked deck of cards shall be
				  placed in the dealing shoe by the dealer or by an automated card shuffling
				  device.
(b) Prior to dealing any
				  cards, the dealer shall announce "no more bets" and, if the Progressive Payout
				  Wager or the Five Card Hand Bonus Wager is being offered, use the progressive
				  table game system or the electronic wagering system to prevent the placement of
				  any additional Progressive Payout or Five Card Hand Bonus Wagers. If any
				  Progressive Payout Wagers have been made, the dealer shall collect the wagers
				  and, on the layout in front of the table inventory container, verify that the
				  number of value chips wagered equals the number of Progressive Payout Wagers
				  accepted by the progressive table game system. The dealer shall then place the
				  value chips into the table inventory container.
(c) Each card shall be removed from the
				  dealing shoe with the hand of the dealer that is closest to the dealing shoe
				  and placed on the appropriate area of the layout with the opposite
				  hand.
(d) After all wagers have
				  been placed, if any player placed a Six Card Bonus Wager, the dealer shall deal
				  one card, face down, to the area on the layout designated for the placement of
				  the Six Card Bonus card. The dealer shall then, starting with the player
				  farthest to the dealer's left and continuing around the table in a clockwise
				  manner, deal one card at a time to each player who has placed a wager in
				  accordance with §
										641a.7 (relating to wagers) and to
				  the dealer until each player who placed a wager has five cards and the dealer
				  has six cards. All cards dealt to the players and the first five cards dealt to
				  the dealer shall be dealt face down. The dealer's sixth card shall be dealt
				  face up. The dealer's fifth and sixth cards shall be dealt
				  consecutively.
(e) After five cards
				  have been dealt to each player and six cards to the dealer, the dealer shall
				  remove the stub from the manual dealing shoe and, except as provided in
				  subsection (f), place the stub in the discard rack without exposing the
				  cards.
(f) If an automated card
				  shuffling device, which counts the number of cards in the deck after the
				  completion of each shuffle and indicates whether 52 cards are present, is not
				  being used, the dealer shall count the stub at least once every 5 rounds of
				  play to determine if the correct number of cards are still present in the deck.
				  The dealer shall determine the number of cards in the stub by counting the
				  cards face down on the layout.
(g)
				  If the count of the stub indicates that 52 cards are in the deck, the dealer
				  shall place the stub in the discard rack without exposing the cards.
(h) If the count of the stub indicates that
				  the number of cards in the deck is incorrect, the dealer shall determine if the
				  cards were misdealt. If the cards were misdealt (a player has more or less than
				  5 cards or the dealer has more or less than 6 cards) but 52 cards remain in the
				  deck, all hands shall be void and all wagers shall be returned to the players.
				  If the cards were not misdealt, all hands shall be void, all wagers shall be
				  returned to the players and the entire deck of cards shall be removed from the
				  table.
The provisions of this § 641a.8 amended under
						4
						Pa.C.S. §§
													1202(b)(30) and
						13A 02(1) and
						(2).
This section cited in 58 Pa. Code §
												641a.5 (relating to shuffle and
						cut of the cards); 58 Pa. Code §
												641a.7 (relating to wagers); and
						58 Pa. Code §
												641a.11 (relating to procedures
						for completion of each round of
						play).