Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part VII - GAMING CONTROL BOARD › Subpart K - Table Games › Chapter 647a - TEXAS HOLD 'EM BONUS POKER › Section 647a.7 - Wagers

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) Wagers at Texas
				  Hold 'Em Bonus Poker shall be made by placing value chips, plaques or other
				  Board-approved table game wagering instruments on the appropriate areas of the
				  table layout. Verbal wagers accompanied by cash may not be accepted.
(b) Only players who are seated at the Texas
				  Hold 'Em Bonus Poker table may place a wager at the game. Once a player has
				  placed a wager and received cards, that player shall remain seated until the
				  completion of the round of play. If a player leaves the table during a round of
				  play, any wagers made by the player may be considered abandoned and may be
				  treated as losing wagers.
(c) All
				  Ante, Texas Hold 'Em Bonus, Five Card Hand Bonus and Progressive Payout Wagers
				  shall be placed prior to the dealer announcing "no more bets" in accordance
				  with the dealing procedure in §
										647a.8, §
										647a.9 or §
										647a.10 (relating to procedure for
				  dealing the cards from a manual dealing shoe; procedure for dealing the cards
				  from the hand; and procedure for dealing the cards from an automated dealing
				  shoe). Except as provided in §
										647a.11(b), (d) and
				  (f) (relating to procedure for completion of
				  each round of play), a wager may not be made, increased or withdrawn after the
				  dealer has announced "no more bets."
(d) The following wagers may be placed in the
				  game of Texas Hold 'Em Bonus Poker:
(1) A
				  player shall compete against the dealer's five-card Poker hand by placing an
				  Ante Wager then a Flop, Turn and River Wager in accordance with §
				  647a.11(b), (d) and (f).
(2) A
				  certificate holder may, if specified in its Rules Submission under §
											601a.2 (relating to table games
				  Rules Submissions), offer to each player at a Texas Hold 'Em Bonus Poker table
				  the option to make an additional Texas Hold 'Em Bonus Wager that the player's
				  first two cards will qualify for a payout in accordance with §
											647a.12(b) 
				  (relating to payout odds; payout limitation). A Texas Hold 'Em Bonus Wager
				  shall have no bearing on any other wager made by the player.
(3) A certificate holder may, if specified in
				  its Rules Submission under §
											601a.2, offer to each player at a
				  Texas Hold 'Em Bonus Poker table the option to make an additional Progressive
				  Payout Wager that the player will receive a Progressive Payout Hand. After
				  placing the Ante Wager, a player may make the additional Progressive Payout
				  Wager by placing a value chip onto the progressive wagering device designated
				  for that player. Each player shall be responsible for verifying that the
				  player's respective Progressive Payout Wager has been accepted.
(4) A certificate holder may, if specified in
				  its Rules Submission under § 601a.2, offer to each player at a Texas Hold
				  'Em Bonus Poker table the option to make an additional Five Card Hand Bonus
				  Wager that the player's five-card Poker hand formed from the player's two cards
				  and the three-card Flop, the dealer's five-card Poker hand formed from the
				  dealer's two cards and the three-card Flop, or both, will contain a flush or
				  better as defined in §
											647a.6(b)
				  (relating to Texas Hold 'Em Bonus Poker rankings). After placing an Ante Wager,
				  a player may make the additional Five Card Hand Bonus Wager on the player's
				  hand or the dealer's hand, or both, by using the electronic wagering device
				  designated for that player. Each player shall be responsible for verifying that
				  the player's Five Card Hand Bonus Wager has been accepted.
(5) If specified in its Rules Submission
				  under §
											601a.2, a certificate holder may
				  offer to each player who placed an Ante Wager the option of placing a Six Card
				  Bonus Wager which shall win if the player's two cards and the four additional
				  Six Card Bonus cards form a three-of-a-kind or better as described in §
											647a.6(d). A Six
				  Card Bonus Wager does not have bearing on any other wagers made by the
				  player.