§ 679a.11. Procedures for completion of each round of play.
(a) After the dealing procedures required under § 679a.8, § 679a.9 or § 679a.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) have been completed, each player shall examine his cards subject to the following limitations:
(1) Each player who wagers at Three Card Prime shall be responsible for his own hand and no person other than the dealer and the player to whom the cards were dealt may touch the cards of that player.
(2) Each player shall keep his three cards in full view of the dealer at all times.
(b) After each player has examined his cards, the dealer shall, beginning with the player farthest to the dealer’s left and moving clockwise around the table, ask each player who placed an Ante Wager if he wishes to make a Play Wager in an amount equal to the player’s Ante Wager or forfeit the Ante Wager and end his participation in the round of play. If a player has placed an Ante Wager and an optional Prime, Pair Bonus or All-Six Bonus Wager but does not make a Play Wager, the player shall forfeit the Ante Wager but does not forfeit the Prime, Pair Bonus or All-Six Bonus Wager.
(c) After each player who has placed an Ante Wager has either placed a Play Wager on the designated area of the layout or forfeited his Ante Wager, the dealer shall collect all forfeited wagers and associated cards, except for the cards of those players who placed an optional Prime, Pair Bonus or All-Six Bonus Wager, and place the cards in the discard rack. The dealer shall then reveal the dealer’s cards and place the cards so as to form the highest possible ranking Three Card Prime hand. After the dealer’s cards are turned face up, the dealer shall, beginning with the player farthest to the dealer’s right and continuing around the table in a counterclockwise direction, complete the following applicable procedures in succession for each player:
(1) The dealer shall turn the three cards of each player face up on the layout.
(2) The dealer shall examine the cards of the player and form the highest possible ranking Three Card Prime hand for each player.
(3) If the dealer’s highest ranking Three Card Prime hand:
(i) Does not qualify, the dealer shall return each player’s Ante Wager and pay the player’s Play Wager in accordance with § 679a.12(a) (relating to payout odds; Bad Beat Bonus).
(ii) Qualifies, and the player’s highest ranking Three Card Prime hand is higher than or equal to the dealer’s hand, the dealer shall pay the winning Ante Wager in accordance with § 679a.12(a) and the player’s winning Play Wager in accordance with § 679a.12(b).
(iii) Qualifies, and the player’s hand contains a flush or lower or a pair or lower, depending on the payout table selected by the certificate holder, and is lower than the dealer’s hand, the dealer shall collect the player’s losing Ante and Play Wagers.
(iv) Qualifies, and the player’s hand contains a straight or better or a flush or better, depending on the payout table selected by the certificate holder, and is lower than the dealer’s hand, the dealer shall collect the player’s losing Ante Wager and pay the player a Bad Beat Bonus on the player’s Play Wager in accordance with § 679a.12(c).
(d) After settling the player’s Ante and Play Wagers, the dealer shall settle any optional wagers as follows:
(1) For the Prime Wager, if all three of the player’s cards:
(i) Are not the same color, the dealer shall collect the losing Prime Wager.
(ii) Are of the same color, or if all three of the player’s cards are the same color and all three of the dealer’s cards are the same color as the player’s three cards, the winning Prime Wager shall be paid out in accordance with § 679a.12(d).
(2) For the Pair Bonus Wager, if the player’s hand:
(i) Does not contain a pair or better, the dealer shall collect the losing Pair Bonus Wager.
(ii) Contains a pair or better, the dealer shall reveal the fourth card dealt to the player or if the certificate holder is utilizing a Pair Bonus community card as provided in § 679a.8(h), § 679a.9(g) or § 679a.10(h), the dealer shall reveal the Pair Bonus community card. If the fourth card dealt to the player or the Pair Bonus community card is:
(A) Not a 2, the dealer shall pay the winning Pair Bonus Wager in accordance with § 679a.12(e).
(B) A 2, the dealer shall pay the winning Pair Bonus Wager in accordance with § 679a.12(f).
(3) For the All-Six Bonus Wager, the dealer shall combine the player’s three cards and the dealer’s three cards to form the highest ranking six-card hand as provided in § 679a.6(d) (relating to Three Card Prime rankings). If the hand:
(i) Does not contain a three-of-a-kind or better, the dealer shall collect the losing All-Six Bonus Wager.
(ii) Contains a three-of-a-kind or better, the dealer shall pay the winning All-Six Bonus Wager in accordance with § 679a.12(g).
(e) After all wagers of the player have been settled, the dealer shall remove any remaining cards from the table and place them in the discard rack in a manner that permits the reconstruction of each hand in the event of a question or dispute.
Authority The provisions of this § 679a.11 amended under 4 Pa.C.S. § § 1202(b)(30) and 13A02(1) and (2).
Source The provisions of this § 679a.11 amended August 30, 2019, effective August 31, 2019, 49 Pa.B. 4956. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (385362) to (385364).
Cross References This section cited in 58 Pa. Code § 679a.7 (relating to wagers); 58 Pa. Code § 679a.10 (relating to procedures for dealing the cards from an automated dealing shoe); and 58 Pa. Code § 679a.13 (relating to irregularities).
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