Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part VII - GAMING CONTROL BOARD › Subpart K - Table Games › Chapter 653a - ULTIMATE TEXAS HOLD 'EM POKER › Section 653a.7 - Wagers

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) Wagers at
				  Ultimate Texas Hold 'Em Poker shall be made by placing value chips or plaques
				  on the appropriate areas of the table layout. Verbal wagers accompanied by cash
				  may not be accepted.
(b) Only
				  players who are seated at an Ultimate Texas Hold 'Em 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 procedure in §
										653a.8, §
										653a.9 or §
										653a.10 (relating to procedure for
				  dealing the cards from a manual dealing shoe; procedure for dealing the cards
				  from the hand; and procedures for dealing the cards from an automated dealing
				  shoe). Except as provided in §
										653a.11(b), (d) or
				  (f) (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				  each round of play), a wager may not be made, increased or withdrawn after the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 Ultimate Texas Hold 'Em Poker:
(1) A
				  player shall compete against the dealer's five-card Poker hand by placing both
				  an Ante Wager and a Blind Wager in equal amounts, then a Play Wager, in
				  accordance with § 653a.11(b), (d) or (f).
(2) In addition to the Ante Wager and Blind
				  Wager, a player may compete against a posted paytable by placing a Trips
				  Wager.
(3) A certificate holder
				  may, if specified in its Rules Submission under §
											601a.2 (relating to table games
				  Rules Submissions), offer to each player at an Ultimate Texas Hold 'Em Poker
				  table the option to make an additional Progressive Payout Wager that the player
				  will receive a Progressive Payout Hand. After placing the Ante and Blind
				  Wagers, 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 an Ultimate
				  Texas Hold 'Em 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 or 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 §
											653a.6(b)
				  (relating to Ultimate Texas Hold 'Em Poker rankings). After placing an Ante and
				  a Blind 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 §
											653a.6(d). A Six
				  Card Bonus Wager does not have bearing on any other wagers made by the
				  player.
(6) If specified in its
				  Rules Submission under §
											601a.2, a certificate holder may
				  offer to each player who placed Ante, Blind and Trips Wagers the option of
				  placing a Bad Beat Bonus Wager which shall win if either the player's hand
				  contains a three-of-a-kind or better and the dealer's hand outranks the
				  player's hand or the dealer's five-card hand contains a three-of-a-kind or
				  better and the player's hand outranks the dealer's hand.