Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part VII - GAMING CONTROL BOARD › Subpart K - Table Games › Chapter 637a - POKER › Section 637a.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
					 have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise:
All-in
-When a player bets all of his funds
					 remaining on the Poker table, does not have funds to continue betting in a
					 round of play but still retains the right to contend for that portion of the
					 pot in which the player has already placed a bet.
Bad Beat
-One or more predesignated high
					 value Poker hands which, when held by a player as a losing hand in a round of
					 play, shall result in a Bad Beat payout if offered by the certificate holder in
					 accordance with §
										637a.15 (relating to Bad Beat
					 payout; posting of rules; contributions; counting and displaying of payout
					 amount; procedures for implementation).
Bad Beat payout
-One or more payouts made
					 to a player upon the occurrence of a Bad Beat.
Bet
-When a player places value chips,
					 tournament chips or plaques into the pot during a betting round.
Betting round
-A complete betting cycle in
					 which all players have called, folded or gone All-in.
Blind Bet
-A mandatory bet in Hold'em or
					 Omaha Poker which players sitting in specific betting positions shall be
					 required to place prior to any cards being dealt.
Burn card
-A card taken from the top of a
					 deck which is not in play, is discarded face down and the identity of which
					 remains unknown.
Button
-An object that is moved clockwise
					 around the table to determine the betting and dealing sequence.
Call
-When a player places a bet in an
					 amount equal to the immediately preceding bet.
Check
-When a player waives the right to
					 initiate the betting in a betting round but retains the right to place a bet if
					 another player initiates the betting.
Common card
-A card that is dealt, in any
					 game of Stud Poker, face up if there are insufficient cards left in the deck to
					 deal each player a card individually and which can be used by all players at
					 the showdown.
Community card
-A card that is dealt face
					 up and can be used by all players to form the best possible Poker hand.
Draw
-In any game of Draw Poker, when a
					 player exchanges the cards held in his hand for an equal number of new cards
					 from the deck.
Fold
-The withdrawal of a player from a
					 round of play by refusing to make an equal bet during a betting round and
					 discarding his hand of cards.
Forced Bet
-A bet that is required to start
					 the first betting round in Seven-card or Five-card Stud Poker.
Fouled hand
-A hand that either has an
					 improper number of cards or has come into contact with other cards in a way as
					 to render it impossible to determine accurately which cards are in the
					 hand.
Half-kill option
-In the game of Omaha
					 High-low Split Eight or Better Poker, when one player wins an entire qualifying
					 pot, the betting limits are increased by 1/2 the posted table betting limits
					 for the next hand and remain in effect until a pot is split between one player
					 winning the high hand and another player winning the low hand or until a pot
					 does not equal or exceed the qualifying pot.
High hand
-A game of Poker in which the
					 highest ranking hand, in accordance with §
										637a.6 (relating to Poker
					 rankings), wins the pot.
High Hand Jackpot payout
-The total of the
					 contribution amounts collected during a qualifying period which are payable to
					 one or more players upon the occurrence of a Qualifying High Hand.
High-low Split
-A form of Poker in which
					 there is a winner for both the highest and lowest ranking hands.
High-low Split Eight or Better
-A version
					 of High-low Split Poker in which a winning low hand may not contain pairs or
					 any card ranked above an.
Hole card
-Any card dealt face down to a
					 player.
Kill option
-In the game of Omaha High-low
					 Split Eight or Better Poker, when one player wins an entire qualifying pot, the
					 betting limits are twice the posted table betting limits for the next hand and
					 remain in effect until a pot is split between one player winning the high hand
					 and another player winning the low hand or until a pot does not equal or exceed
					 the qualifying pot.
Low hand
-A game of Poker in which the
					 lowest ranking hand, in accordance with § 637a.6, wins the pot.
Opening bet
-The first bet in a round of
					 play.
Pot
-The amount that is awarded to the
					 winning player or players at the conclusion of a round of play and is equal to
					 the total amount bet by the players during the round of play, less any rake
					 extracted under §
										637a.17 (relating to Poker
					 revenue) and, if applicable, any amount contributed to a Bad Beat or High Hand
					 Jackpot payout fund in accordance with §
										637a.15 or §
										637a.16 (relating to High Hand
					 Jackpot payout; posting of rules; contributions; counting and displaying of
					 payout amount; procedures for implementation).
Protected hand
-A hand of cards that a
					 player is physically holding or has placed under one or more chips or
					 plaques.
Qualifying High Hand
-A high hand held by
					 any player or players during a qualifying period which may result in a High
					 Hand Jackpot payout if offered by the certificate holder in accordance with
					 § 637a.16.
Qualifying period
-A duration of time, as
					 specified in the certificate holder's Rules Submission under §
										601a.2 (relating to table games
					 Rules Submissions), during which a certificate holder offers the High Hand
					 Jackpot payout.
Qualifying pot
-In the game of Omaha
					 High-low Split Eight or Better Poker, a pot which equals or exceeds an amount
					 established by the certificate holder which triggers the increase in the
					 minimum and maximum bets when the Kill or Half-kill option is used.
Raise
-When a player bets an amount greater
					 than the immediately preceding bet in that betting round.
Rake
-The amount of value chips, tournament
					 chips, plaques or currency collected by the dealer as Poker revenue in
					 accordance with § 637a.17.
Round of play
-One complete cycle of play
					 during which all cards have been dealt, all bets have been placed and the
					 winner of the pot is determined and paid in accordance with this
					 chapter.
Showdown
-The revealing of the hands of
					 each player to determine who shall win the pot.
Side pot
-A separate pot formed when one or
					 more players are All-in.
Table stakes
-A player's currency, value
					 chips, tournament chips and plaques on the table that are available for betting
					 during a round of play.
Up card
-In a game of Stud Poker, any card
					 dealt face up to a player.