N.J. Admin. Code § 13:69F-14.7

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 19, October 7, 2024

Section 13:69F-14.7 - Wagers

(a) Only players who are seated at the poker table may be permitted to receive cards and participate in each betting round.

(b) Depending upon the particular type of poker game being dealt, a player may be required to:

1. Place an ante prior to receiving any cards;

2. Place a predetermined blind bet prior to receiving any cards; or

3. Place a forced bet to initiate a betting round based on that player's up-card.

(c) A player may only participate in the wagering during a round of play with the gaming chips, gaming plaques, or currency that were already on the poker table in front of the player when the round of play commenced. In addition, a player may use coin for the purpose of placing an ante in an amount less than $ 1.00 and in denominations of $.25 or $.50.

1. A player may only add to his or her gaming chips, gaming plaques or currency between rounds of play and, except as provided in (c)5 below, may not remove any of his or her gaming chips, gaming plaques or currency from the poker table at any time during ongoing play pursuant to the definition of table stakes as set forth in 13:69F-1.1.

2. Currency which is available for use by a player pursuant to the requirements of this section may be utilized to initiate, call or raise a bet if such currency is expeditiously converted into gaming chips or gaming plaques by the dealer in accordance with the regulations governing the acceptance and conversion of such instruments. Coin which is available for use by a player pursuant to this subsection may be utilized to place an ante in an amount less than $ 1.00, and any such coin shall be expeditiously converted into a $ 1.00 gaming chip by the dealer upon the pot accumulating an equivalent aggregate value in coin.

3. In order to participate in a round of play, a player shall be required to have an amount of gaming chips, gaming plaques or currency available on the poker table prior to the start of the round of play which is sufficient to make any bet required by (b) above and at least one bet at the posted table minimum.

4. A player who satisfies the requirements of(c)3 above but who depletes his or her funds on the Poker table prior to the completion of a round of play shall be deemed to be "all-in."

i. An "all-in" player shall retain financial interest in the outcome of the round of play, but shall only be eligible to win the amount of the pot to which he or she contributed;

ii. An "all-in" player shall continue to receive any cards to which he or she would normally be entitled; and

iii. Betting shall continue unimpeded among the other players by generating a separate secondary pot which only those players shall be eligible to win.

5. Whenever a player indicates an intent to temporarily leave a poker table without relinquishing his or her seat at the table, the poker shift supervisor shall either:

i. Account for the amount of the player's table stakes prior to the player's departure from the table in possession of his or her table stakes and upon the player's return to the table;

ii. Maintain the player's table stakes on the table surface using a cover until the player's return; or

iii. Permit the player's table stakes to remain on the table surface uncovered.

6. Upon a player temporarily leaving a poker table and the poker shift supervisor observing either (c)5i or ii above, another patron who is not a player in an active game may play in the absent player's seat, until such time as the absent player returns to the table.

(d) A verbal statement of "fold," "check," "call," "raise," or an announcement of a specific size wager by a player, assuming it is within the rules of the poker game being played and the minimum and maximum wager limits for the poker table, shall be binding on the player if it is that player's turn to act.

(e) A player who announces a bet or raise of a certain amount but places a different amount of gaming chips or gaming plaques in the pot shall be required to correct his or her bet or raise to the announced amount in accordance with the instructions of the dealer.

(f) A player shall be considered to have placed a bet if the player:

1. Pushes gaming chips or gaming plaques forward to indicate the intent of placing a bet;

2. Releases gaming chips or gaming plaques into the pot; or

3. Releases gaming chips or gaming plaques at a sufficient distance from the player and towards the pot to make it obvious that it is intended as a bet.

(g) A player shall not be permitted to make a bet and thereafter attempt to increase the amount of that bet.

1. If the player wishes to add additional gaming chips or gaming plaques to the bet, the player must indicate at the time the bet is being made that the bet is not yet complete.

2. A player who puts the proper amount of gaming chips or gaming plaques into the pot to call a bet, without indicating his or her intention to raise, may not thereafter raise the previous bet.

3. Subject to the posted table wagering limits, a player who announces "raise" may continue to bet gaming chips or gaming plaques until both of his or her hands come to rest in front of the pot.

(h) It shall be the dealer's responsibility to ensure that no player touches any of the gaming chips or gaming plaques once placed into the pot.

(i) Unless a raise has been verbally announced by that player, a player who puts into the pot a single gaming chip that is larger than required is assumed to have only called the preceding bet and to be awaiting change from the dealer.

(j) Unless specifically posted to the contrary, a player shall be permitted to raise after he or she has previously checked in a betting round.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:69F-14.7

Amended by R.2014 d.069, effective 4/21/2014.
See: 45 N.J.R. 1896(a), 46 N.J.R. 705(a).
In the introductory paragraph of (c), inserted a comma following "plaques", and substituted "that" for "which"; in (c)5i, deleted "or" from the end; in (c)5ii, deleted "non-transparent" preceding "cover", and substituted "; or" for a period at the end; and added (c)5iii and (c)6.