Casino Gaming Rule 2010 - Office of Liquor, Gaming and Racing

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Casino Gaming Rule 2010
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player means a player in a game of manila poker.
poker hand see section 8.
poker ranking see section 9.
pot means an accumulation of bets during a round of play.
raise see section 5.
reduced deck means a deck of 32 identically backed cards
containing an ace, king, queen, jack, 10, 9, 8 and 7 in each
of spades, hearts, diamonds and clubs.
round of betting means the betting that happens in a round
of play after each communal card is dealt.
round of play ordinarily includes dealing the cards, betting
at the successive rounds of betting, deciding the winning
hand, deducting the commission and the winner collecting
the pot.
royal flush see section 8.
showdown see section 7.
straight see section 8.
straight flush see section 8.
table stake, of a player, means the amount (in chips) the
player has on the table, before a round of play of the game
starts, for betting in the round of play.
tap out see section 27.
3 Meaning of call and called
(1) A player (player A) calls in a round of betting if player A
makes the bet needed to make the total bets by player A for
the round of betting equal to the total bets by the player
(player B) who has bet the highest total amount in the
round of betting.
(2) Under subsection (1), player B is the player who is called.
(3) In the first round of betting for a round of play after the first
communal card is dealt, the first player entitled to call (or
to call and raise or to fold) calls if the player makes a bet