NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 70

1760

designated a specific gaming table and box number at which to play.

5.3 Each player shall provide his/her name, for recording purposes, to the game supervisor upon request.

5.4 At the commencement of each session each table shall consist of no less than 4 and no more than 7 players.

5.5 A player is permitted to wager on and control only the box allocated to him/her.

5.6 No player shall leave the table until the end of a session, except in an emergency or with the approval of the tournament director.

5.7 The dealer shall shuffle the cards so that they are randomly intermixed, in accordance with rule 5.3 of Division II of these rules:

(a) immediately prior to the start of a session;

(b) when the cutting card or the first of the cutting cards, as the case may be, is reached in the shoe, at the completion of the round following the round during which the cutting card appears;

(c) at the recommencement of play following any period that the table has been vacant.

5.8 At the commencement of each session, a betting marker shall be placed by the dealer in front of the player at the table at the farthest point to the left of the dealer, to indicate the player who is to make the first wager in the first round of the session. After the player has made his/her wager, the other players at the table shall then each in turn, moving in a clockwise direction from the first player, place their wagers until all players at the table have made a wager.

5.9 At the conclusion of each round of the session, the dealer shall move the betting marker in a clockwise direction to the next player at the table. That player shall then make the first wager in the next round of the session, following which the remaining players at the table shall wager in sequence moving in a clockwise direction.

5.10 All players at the table shall at all times keep their tournament chips in front of them and in clear view of the other players and the game supervisor, until the session is completed and the winner or winners and/or place-getter or place-getters, as the case may be, determined. The chips shall be kept in such a manner that the total value of chips is readable by the other players at the table. Concealing, pocketing or otherwise hiding chips, or removing chips from the table, during tournament play shall result in immediate disqualification.

6.0 End of Session

6.1 At the conclusion of each session of the tournament, all players at the table must present all tournament chips held by them to the dealer, who shall tally the total value of chips held by each such player. Those players that qualify for the next stage of the competition shall be informed immediately.

6.2 Subject to rule 6.3 of this division, the winner of a session shall be the player at the table who holds the greatest value of tournament chips at the conclusion of the session. In the event that 2 or more players at the same table are tied at the end of the session, and a result is required to determine who wins or who progresses to the next session of the tournament, those players shall engage in a play-off.

6.3 Notwithstanding rule 6.2 of this division, the number of players to progress to the next session of a tournament from any given session, or to the final, shall be at the discretion of the casino operator, provided the players in the tournament have been notified, prior to the commencement of the tournament, of the terms and conditions upon which such discretionary advancement is to be permitted, and provided those terms and conditions are complied with.

6.4 Only those players who are winners in accordance with either rule 6.2 or rule 6.3 of this division shall proceed to the next session of the tournament.

6.5 Subject to rules 6.6, 6.7 and 6.8 of this division, the winner of the tournament shall be the player who holds the greatest value of tournament chips at the conclusion of the final session of play, and any other place-getters provided for in the conditions of entry shall be determined in accordance with the value of tournament chips held respectively by the other players at the table at the conclusion of that session.

6.6 In the event that there are 2 or more players each holding the greatest value of chips at the conclusion of the final session of play, those players shall engage in a play-off to determine the overall winner of the tournament, who shall be the winner of the play-off. If the conditions of entry to the tournament provide for a runner-up, and the play-off to determine the winner does not establish the runner-up (being the player in the play-off who at its conclusion holds the greatest value of chips after the winner), there shall be a further play-off to establish the runner-up.

6.7 All placings subsequent to that of runner-up which are provided for in the conditions of entry to the tournament shall then be determined in accordance with the value of the chips held by the respective players at the end of:

(a) firstly, the play-off (if any) to establish the runner-up;

(b) secondly, the play-off (if any) to determine the winner of the tournament, should this prove necessary; and

(c) finally, the final session of ordinary play, should this prove necessary.

6.8 Where 2 or more players are eligible pursuant to the rules of this division for a particular prize, by virtue of them holding the same value of chips, they shall be entitled to share equally in that prize combined with:

(a) where 2 players are so eligible, the subsequent prize (if any);

(b) where 3 players are so eligible, the 2 subsequent prizes (if any);

and so on. This rule shall not apply to the position of winner of the tournament or that of runner-up.

6.9 Tournament chips that are in the possession of a player at the conclusion of a session:

(a) shall, where the chips used in the tournament were issued gratuitously by the casino operator, remain the property of the casino operator and be returned to the casino operator at the conclusion of the session at the table at which they were used;

(b) may otherwise be retained and redeemed by the player in accordance with the rules applying generally...