HOW TO PLAY

Rank of Hands

Seven Card Stud

Players are dealt two cards face down and one face up for their initial hand. Cards are dealt beginning with the first active player to the left of the dealer and follow in consecutive clockwise order.

The player with the lowest card will initiate the action by making the forced bet specified for that game.

All active players are dealt three more cards face up and one more face down. A round of betting takes place after each card is dealt. In following betting rounds the high card, or highest value hand showing initiates the betting.

Following the final round of betting, the hands are shown and the best five card poker hand wins the pot.

Texas Hold’em

Each player is dealt two cards face down. A round of betting then takes place. Three board cards are turned over simultaneously (”the flop”) and another round of betting occurs. The next two board cards (”the turn” and “the river”) are turned over one at a time with a round of betting after each one. These five board cards are community cards and may be use in any combination (along with the player’s two hole cards) to form the best five card poker hand. The players may use three, four, or all five of the board cards to make their hand.

Hold’em uses a dealer button to indicate the player, who in theory, dealt the cards for that hand. The button is moved clockwise between each deal of cards. One or more “blind” bets are used to stimulate action and initiate play. “Blinds” are posted by the players who sit to the immediate left of the dealer button before the players look at their cards. Action is initiated by the player to the immediate left or the blinds. On all subsequent rounds, the action is begun by the first active player clockwise from the button.

Hi-Lo Split Games

All Hi-Lo split games have a qualifier of 8 or better (five cards with a value of 8 or less) for the low hand.

In Seven Card Stud, Hi-Lo split rules are the same as played in the seven card stud straight high version.

Omaha may also be played as a Hi-Lo split game. Omaha is similar to Texas Hold’em with the exception that each player is dealt four hole cards and must use two cards for their hand and three cards from the board to make their best five card poker hand.

In both games, the lowest five card hand shares the pot with the winning high hand. If there is no low hand, the high hand wins the entire pot. The same player may win both high and low, as straights and flushes do not count against the low.

General Rules of Play

• Permission is required before taking a seat in a game.
• It is the player’s responsibility to be in the playing area and hear the list being called.
• Players must protect their own hand.
• Only one person may play a hand.
• To win any part of a pot, all cards must be tabled.
• No one is allowed to play another player’s chips.
• Check and raise is permitted.
• Verbal declarations are binding.
• Table Stakes rule applies to all games.
• Cash is not permitted on the table.
• English only at the table.
• A bet and three raises are allowed.
• Show one, show all.
• Prolonged absences will result in player being picked up from the game.
• When you enter a game, you must make a full buy-in. A full buy-in is at least ten times the minimum bet for the game being played, unless designated otherwise.
• You are allowed to make only one short buy-in.
• Cards thrown into the muck may be ruled dead.
• Any player who has been dealt in may request to see any hand that has been called. However, this is a privilege that may be revoked if abused.
• All promotional funds won, with the exception of Bad Beat Jackpots, must remain in play for the remainder of the day.
• The house assesses a rake from players for the privilege of play. The maximum rake shall be determined by the gaming operation.

The Floor Decision is Final

A Poker rulebook is available upon request.

Poker Bad Beat Jackpots

• The qualifying hand MUST BE BEATEN.
• Qualifying jackpot hands will be determined by the gaming operation and be conspicuously posted.
• In Texas Hold’em both hole cards in both hands must play. Kickers must beat the board.
• The jackpot shall be divided as follows:
• 50% to the player with the losing qualifying hand.
• 25% to the player with the winning qualifying hand.
• 25% divided equally to the rest of the players at the table provided that they have not missed a blind in Texas Hold’em and Omaha, or been away from the table for more than ten (15) minutes in 7 Card Stud.
• Only the two highest hands are eligible for the Bad Beat award.
• In the event of a tie, the appropriate jackpot award will be distributed evenly among the tying qualifying hands.
• There must be a minimum of four (4) players dealt in a hand to qualify for the jackpot.
• There must be a $1.00 contribution to the jackpot fund for every hand dealt in order to qualify for the jackpot.
• A portion of the funds contributed to the Jackpot are distributed to the players in the form of guarantees, high hands, bounty awards, and other promotions.
• 100% of the funds contributed to the Jackpot are distributed to the players.
• See any additional signage for updates, changes, and promotions concerning jackpots.
• Decreases to the jackpot will be recorded daily with a description of the payout. This record will be posted in the Poker Room and is available upon request.

Open discussion of jackpot possibilities during the play of a hand or other remarks which may be construed as attempting to influence the strategy of or otherwise assist in the play of another player may void the jackpot. A player deliberately discarding a hand which beats either of the two hands in hold’em which qualify for a jackpot voids the jackpot.

All jackpot hands and the deck must be verified by management prior to payout. Should the deck be incomplete or fouled, the jackpot shall be declared null and void.

Etiquette

Management will attempt to maintain a pleasant environment for all our guests and employees, but is not responsible for the conduct of any player. We have established a code of conduct, and may deny the use of our card room to violators. The following are not permitted:

1. Collusion with another player or any other form of cheating.
2. Verbally or physically threatening any patron or employee.
3. Using profanity or obscene language.
4. Creating a disturbance by arguing, shouting, or making excessive noise.
5. Throwing, tearing, bending, or crumpling cards.
6. Destroying or defacing property.
7. Using an illegal substance.
8. Carrying a weapon.
9. Cell phone use at the table.
10. Smoking, chewing tobacco, sunflower seeds, or spitting of any kind.

The following actions are improper, and grounds for warning, suspending, or barring a violator:

1. Deliberately acting out of turn.
2. Deliberately splashing chips into the pot.
3. Agreeing to check a hand out when a third player is all-in.
4. Reading a hand for another player at the showdown before it has been placed face-up on the table.
5. Telling anyone to turn a hand face-up at the showdown.
6. Revealing the contents of a live hand in a multi-handed pot before the betting is complete.
7. Revealing the contents of a folded hand before the betting is complete.
8. Needlessly stalling the action of a game.
9. Deliberately discarding hands away from the muck.
10. Stacking chips in a manner that interferes with dealing or viewing cards.
11. Making statements or taking action that could unfairly influence the course of play, whether or not the offender is involved in the pot.