9.2 The value of each card in descending order for a:
(a) 40 card deck is ace, king, queen, jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, (ace, when used in a small straight);
(b) 36 card deck is ace, king, queen, jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, (ace, when used in a small straight); and
(c) 32 card deck is ace, king, queen, jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, (ace, when used in a small straight).
9.3 The order of poker hand values for a 40 card deck, a 36 card deck, and a 32 card deck is:
(a) Royal Flush ace, king, queen, jack, 10 of the same suit;
(b) Straight Flush five cards of the same suit in numerical sequence. The highest card in the hand designates the relative value of the straight flush. No suit is deemed higher than any other suit;
(c) Four of a Kind four cards of the same rank;
(d) Flush five cards of the same suit. The highest card in the suit designates the relative value of the flush, followed by the next highest, and so on in descending order of rank. No suit is deemed higher than any other suit;
(e) Full House three cards of the same rank combined with a pair of another rank. The value of the three cards has priority over the pair in comparing hands;
(f) Straight five cards in numerical sequence – the highest card in the sequence designates the relative value of the straight. An ace may count high or low in a straight e.g. 8, 7, 6, 5, ace or ace, king, queen, jack, 10;
(g) Three of a Kind three cards of the same Keluaran HK rank, with any two unmatched cards;
(h) Two Pair two cards of the same rank combined with two cards of another rank, plus one other card. The highest pair has priority when comparing hands. If the high pairs are the same, then the low pairs are compared, and then the remaining card;
(i) One Pair two cards of the same rank, combined with three unmatched cards. A higher pair beats a lower pair. If the pairs are the same, the remaining three cards are compared, beginning with the highest, then in descending order of rank; and
(j) No Pair five unmatched cards, the highest card in the hand, designates the relative value of the hand, followed by the next highest, and so on in descending order of rank.
10. Tapping Out/ All-in
10.1 A player who does not have a bank of chips of sufficient value to meet a wager and who wishes to stay in the hand must wager the remaining amount of his/her bank of chips and thus tap out/go all-in. He/she remains in the hand as an active player until the showdown, taking no further part in any subsequent betting round or rounds.
10.2 If the amount wagered by an all-in player is less than half the amount required to constitute a bet or raise, all subsequent players shall be permitted to call for less than the structured amount, or raise by increasing the bet to the structured level. If the amount wagered by an all-in player is equal to or greater than half the amount required to constitute a bet, all subsequent players shall have the option of calling the amount wagered, or calling and raising the structured level. In the event of a player tapping out and the total amount wagered by the player is in excess of the amount required to call and is less than the amount required to constitute a raise, this excess amount shall not be considered to be a raise. No other active player shall call and raise in respect to only the excess amount wagered by the player tapping out.
11. Draw
11.1 The initial deal is as follows:
(a) players shall have a choice of seat. In the event of two or more players desiring the same seat a draw of cards shall decide seating positions. When a player leaves the game the remaining active players have priority over any player waiting to join the game, to move to the vacated playing position
(b) the dealer button shall indicate the designated player, who shall receive the last card in each round of play. The player to the immediate right of the dealer shall receive the button for the first round of play. The button shall be passed in a clockwise direction around the table at the conclusion of each round of play;
(c) prior to the first card being dealt, blinds shall be placed by the requisite players:
(i) the player on the immediate left of the designated player shall place the first blind bet,
(ii) the player on the immediate left of the first blind shall place the second blind bet and so on until all compulsory blind bets have been placed,
(iii) the number of compulsory blind bets required shall be displayed on a sign at the table, and
(iv) the player seated on the immediate left of the last compulsory blind bet shall have the option of placing one voluntary blind bet know as an “over blind” which shall be double the last blind bet;
(d) the dealer shall deal to each player, in a clockwise direction, commencing with the player to the immediate left of the button, one card at a time face down until each player receives five cards.
11.2 The first round of betting is as follows:
(a) after the initial deal, players in a clockwise direction commencing with the first player left of the last blind shall:
(i) call,
(ii) raise, or
(iii) fold;
(b) should the player designated in sub-paragraph (a) fold, the option to open the betting or fold shall pass to the next player in a clockwise direction;
(c) subsequent players in order shall call, raise or fold until:
(i) only one player remains in the game, this player shall win the pot, or
(ii) two or more players remain in the game.
11.3 The draw is as follows:
(a) if two or more players remain in the game each active player in a clockwise direction commencing with the first player to the immediate left of the button, shall discard any or all of the cards in his/her hand, announce the total number of cards to be replaced, pass those cards face down to the dealer and immediately receive an identical number of replacement cards, dealt face down from the top of the deck; and
(b) if more cards are required to complete a player’s draw after the last card is dealt, only the previous discards (not including that player and subsequent player’s discards) shall be shuffled, cut and used to complete the draw.
11.4 The final round of betting is as follows:
(a) after the draw the opener (first active player left of the last blind) shall open the betting, check or fold;
(b) players in a clockwise direction from the opener, shall call, raise or fold until:
(i) only one player remains in the game, this player shall win the pot, or
(ii) two or more players remain in the game;
(c) if two or more players remain in the game, the player being called shall then expose his/her cards. All remaining players shall, if holding a hand of equal or higher value, expose their cards. Any player at the table may request to see any or all hands involved in the final showdown. The dealer shall then announce the winning hand or hands. The winning hand shall be the highest ranking five card poker hand;
(d) when two or more players hold winning hands of equal value, the pot or pots shall be divided equally to the lowest chip denomination in play at the table. If in the event that, after the pot or pots have been divided, there is an amount remaining that cannot be equally divided among the players in contention for the pot or pots, then the amount remaining shall be given to the hand containing the highest card by suit. The rank of suits, highest to lowest, is spades, hearts, diamonds and clubs; and
(e) the pot shall not be divided by the agreement of two or more players. Each hand shall be played to a conclusion.
11.5 The rules for minimum and maximum wagers are as follows:
(a) the minimum and maximum wagers permitted shall be shown on a notice at the table;
(b) the last compulsory blind bet shall be at least equal to the table minimum for the first round of betting;
(c) should a voluntary blind bet be placed, it shall be double the value of the last compulsory blind bet placed;
(d) a raise shall be within the table limits and shall not be less than any previous bet or raise in that round, except in the event of a player tapping out;
(e) where a betting limit is specified in terms of a ratio to the pot (half pot or full pot) and a player wishes to raise, the amount required for a player to call shall be included in the pot before the betting limit is calculated;
(f) where the game is spread limit, each bet or raise of the first player to act shall be at least equal to the betting minimum or, if action has been taken, each bet or raise shall be at least equal to the last bet or raise, but a player may raise up to the betting maximum; and
(g) in all games where the betting limit is expressed in terms of a ratio to the pot, or specified no limit, there shall be no limit to the number of raises permitted. In all other cases there shall be a limit of three raises in a betting round, unless the betting is head to head, in which case there shall be no limit to the number of raises.
