South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:18 - GAMING COMMISSION - DEADWOOD GAMBLING › Chapter 20:18:15 - Blackjack › Section 20:18:15:30.11 - Variations of the play - Dead Man's Hand blackjack

Current through Register Vol. 51, page 10, July 15, 2024
Dead Man's Hand is a variation of the game of blackjack and
				  must be dealt and played following the standard rules of blackjack except as
				  follows:
(1) Dead Man's Hand blackjack
				is an optional bet for blackjack;
(2) Dead Man's Hand blackjack may only be
				played on tables displaying the Dead Man's Hand styled table layout. The game
				shall be played using one, two, five, six or eight standard 52-card
				decks;
(3) At the discretion of the
				retail licensee, any player who wishes to place a tip bet for the dealer on the
				Dead Man's Hand bet shall be paid at the same odds as the player's winning bet.
				The retail licensee may require tip bets to be in an even dollar amount and may
				limit the maximum amount of such tip bets;
(4) At the same time a player makes a
				standard blackjack bet, the player has an opportunity to make an additional
				optional bet in an even dollar amount known as the Dead Man's Hand. The minimum
				and maximum amounts of the Dead Man's Hand bet permitted shall be posted on the
				table signage and cannot be more than the original blackjack bet;
(5) If the player is playing more than one
				hand, the same number of Dead Man's Hand bets can be made. Any player that has
				made the Dead Man's Hand bet and are not dealt at least one ace or one eight on
				the player's initial first two cards loses the Dead Man's Hand bet;
(6) Any player who makes the Dead Man's Hand
				bet wins if one of the player's first two cards dealt is an ace or an eight or
				if the players first two cards are an ace and an eight shall be paid according
				to the posted pay table. A player also wins and shall be paid according to the
				posted pay table if the dealer has a blackjack and the player's first two cards
				are a pair of aces, or a pair of eights;
(7) Any player who has been dealt a pair of
				aces or a pair of eights can choose to split the hand. No additional Dead Man's
				Hand bet is required to split the hand. Splitting pairs shall be handled as
				follows:
(a) Standard house policy applies to
				splitting pairs;
(b) Players may
				split pairs up to three times for a maximum of four hands;
(c) If a player splits a pair of eights and
				then receives cards that bust the hand, the dealer shall remove the cards that
				busted the hand and leave the initial eights in a horizontal position. Once the
				player has completed taking hits, the dealer shall calculate the winning pay
				out according to the posted pay table and pay the player accordingly;
(d) A player shall be paid for the number of
				aces or eights, or both, which the player has been dealt when all splitting is
				done;
(e) If the player splits but
				does not receive any additional aces or eights, the player shall be paid for
				the initial pair of aces or eights according to the posted pay table;
(f) Depending on the pay table the retail
				licensee chooses to use, the objective of the game is to be dealt four sets of
				soft nineteens after splitting the player's initial pair of aces or eights;
				and
(g) The game then continues to
				the next player;