South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:18 - GAMING COMMISSION - DEADWOOD GAMBLING › Chapter 20:18:16 - Poker › Section 20:18:16:15.21 - The play High Card Flush

Current through Register Vol. 51, page 10, July 15, 2024
High Card Flush must be played according to the following
				  rules:
(1) High Card Flush must be
				played on tables designated by the licensee for the play of High Card Flush. A
				single deck of cards must be used.
The rank of hands in High Card Flush, from highest to lowest,
				  is ace, king, queen, jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3 and 2. Notwithstanding the
				  foregoing, an ace may be used to complete a straight flush or straight formed
				  with a 2, 3, 4, and 5. All suits are considered equal in rank;
(2) Each player shall make an
				initial bet in the amount specified at the table by the retail licensee and
				shall place the bet in ante wagering area and, optionally the flush and
				straight flush wagering areas, not to exceed the posted table limits, in front
				of the player's position. The optional progressive bet is made on the sensor in
				front of the player's position. The flush, straight flush and progressive wager
				are placed to play for hand value only; the ante and odds bet are placed to
				play for hand value and against the dealer. All bets may be placed if the
				player wants to play all ways;
(3)
				Any dealer tip delivered as a wager may be placed on any one, or all, of the
				trips, pocket, ante, odds or raise bets, if the player has placed a personal
				wager on the same hand. If a player continues play with a raise wager, the
				dealer's tip ante may remain in play whether or not the player adds a raise
				wager for the dealer;
(4)
				Immediately before play begins and after each round of play has been completed,
				the dealer shall shuffle the cards. After all players have placed wagers, if
				the progressive is on the game, the dealer shall press the appropriate button
				on the keyboard. The sensors shall lock in the bet and light up, indicating a
				progressive wager. The dealer shall remove all progressive bets from the table.
				Otherwise, following shuffle and cut, the dealer deals seven cards to each
				player and to the dealer, face downward and one at a time in rotation among the
				players and the dealer. The first player to receive a card is the player to the
				left of the dealer; the dealer receives cards last or if a mechanical shuffling
				device is used, seven-card groups must be dispensed for every player, and the
				dealer is last;
(5) An incorrect
				number of cards dealt to a player or to the dealer is always a misdeal. An
				exposed card is not a misdeal. If the dealer exposes a card, the dealer turns
				the card over and continues dealing;
(6) Wagers are collected or paid in this
				order: raise, ante, flush and straight flush, if applicable. The optional
				progressive wager shall be collected before cards are dealt. The sensor shall
				stay lit during the round of play if a progressive wager was made and winning
				hands shall be paid at the completion of the round of play;
(7) Once a player looks at the players seven
				cards, the player must either fold the hand and surrender the players ante
				wager or place a raise wager equal to the ante wager, unless the players hand
				consists of five or more cards of the same suit. In that instance, a player
				with five suited cards may increase the raise wager up to double the players
				ante wager and a player with more than five suited cards (6 or 7) may increase
				the raise wager up to triple the players ante wager. If a player makes a raise
				bet, that player shall place an additional wager in the raise wagering area in
				front of the player's position and place the cards face down under the ante
				wager. Once a player makes a raise bet, the player is locked into the hand and
				must wait to see if the player beats the dealer's hand to be paid;
(8) If a player has placed an ante, flush or
				straight flush bet and does not wish to play, the player may fold and forfeit
				any or all bets. After each player who wishes to fold has folded, the dealer
				collects all bets and the cards from each player who folded. As the dealer
				collects the folded cards, the cards are spread face down to count the cards
				and then placed in the discard rack. If a player has a bet placed on the
				straight flush bonus, but decides to fold the players ante, the player is to
				take the cards with the straight flush and tuck them under the straight flush
				bet and discard the remaining.
(9)
				After each player has decided to play or fold, the dealer shall expose the
				dealer's seven cards and call out and show their highest flush that the players
				have to beat. Once the dealer has determined what the highest hand is, the
				dealer takes either of the following actions:
(a) If the dealers best possible flush is
				lower than a 3-card 9-high flush, the dealer shall, starting with the player
				farthest to the dealers right who has placed a raise wager and proceeding
				counter-clockwise around the table, pay each player even money on their ante
				wager and return each players raise wager and settle all other wagers in
				accordance with the posted paytables; or
(b) If the dealers best possible flush is a
				3-card 9-high flush or higher, the dealer shall, starting with the player
				farthest to the dealers right who has placed a raise wager and proceeding
				counterclockwise around the table, turn the cards of each player who has placed
				a raise wager face up and announce the best possible flush hand that can be
				formed:
i. If the players hand is ranked
				lower than the dealers hand, the player shall lose and the dealer shall
				immediately collect any ante and raise wagers made by the player and place the
				wagers in the chip tray;
ii. If the
				players hand is ranked higher than the dealers hand, the player is paid even
				money on the players ante and raise wagers; or
iii. If the players hand and dealers hands
				tie, the ante and raise wagers push.