Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part VII - GAMING CONTROL BOARD › Subpart K - Table Games › Chapter 641a - FOUR CARD POKER › Section 641a.7 - Wagers

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) Wagers at Four
				  Card 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 a Four
				  Card Poker table may 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 wagers, except the
				  Play Wager, shall be placed prior to the dealer announcing "no more bets" in
				  accordance with the dealing procedures in §
										641a.8, §
										641a.9 or §
										641a.10 (relating to procedures
				  for dealing the cards from a manual dealing shoe; procedures for dealing the
				  cards from the hand; and procedures for dealing the cards from an automated
				  dealing shoe). Except as provided in §
										641a.11(b)
				  (relating to procedures 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				  be made, increased or withdrawn after the dealer has announced "no more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 Four Card Poker:
(1)
				  A player may compete solely against the dealer's Four Card Poker hand by
				  placing an Ante Wager then a Play Wager, in accordance with §
											641a.11(b), in an
				  amount from one to three times the amount of the player's Ante Wager.
(2) A player may compete solely against a
				  posted paytable by placing an Aces Up Wager.
(3) A player may compete against both the
				  dealer's Four Card Poker hand and the posted paytable by placing an Ante Wager
				  and an Aces Up Wager in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2).
(4) 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 Four Card Poker table the option
				  to make an additional Four-Card Progressive Payout Wager that the player will
				  receive a Four-Card Progressive Payout Hand. After placing an Ante Wager or an
				  Aces Up Wager, or both, a player may make the additional Four-Card 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 Four-Card Progressive Payout Wager has been
				  accepted.
(5) If specified in its
				  Rules Submission under §
											601a.2, a certificate holder may
				  offer to each player at a Four Card Poker table the option to make an
				  additional Five-Card Progressive Payout Wager that the player will receive a
				  Five-Card Progressive Payout Hand. After placing an Ante Wager or an Aces Up
				  Wager, or both, a player may make the additional Five-Card 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 Five-Card Progressive Payout Wager has been
				  accepted.
(6) If specified in its
				  Rules Submission under § 601a.2, a certificate holder may offer to each
				  player at a Four Card Poker table the option to make an additional Bad Beat
				  Bonus Wager that either the player's hand contains a two pair or better and the
				  dealer's hand outranks the player's hand, or the dealer's hand contains a two
				  pair or better and the player's hand outranks the dealer's hand. After placing
				  an Ante Wager or an Aces Up Wager, or both, a player may make the additional
				  Bad Beat Bonus Wager by placing a value chip onto the designated area of the
				  layout for that player. Winning wagers shall be paid out based on the rank of
				  the losing hand.
(7) If specified
				  in its Rules Submission under § 601a.2, a certificate holder may offer to
				  each player at a Four Card Poker table the option to make an additional Five
				  Card Hand Bonus Wager that the player's five-card Poker hand or the dealer's
				  five-card Poker hand, or both, will contain a flush or better as defined in
				  §
											641a.6(d)
				  (relating to Four Card 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.
(8) 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 five cards and the additional Six
				  Card Bonus card forms a three-of-a-kind or better as described in §
											641a.6(e). A Six
				  Card Bonus Wager does not have bearing on any other wagers made by the
				  player.