New Zealand Gazette – 1999 – No. 11

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NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 11

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.

Alternative Poker Games

11.0 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;



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