New Zealand Gazette – 1999 – No. 11

Page 285

✨ Poker Game Rules



29 JANUARY
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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(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;

(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 three cards. The dealer shall then deal a community card. (This is the first of a possible five community cards to be dealt). Community cards shall always be dealt face up.

15.2 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;

(c) subsequent players in order shall call, raise or fold until:

(i) only one player remains in the game, this player shall win the pot, or

(ii) two or more players remain in the game.

15.3 The second, third and fourth rounds of betting are as follows:

(a) if two or more players remain in the game the dealer shall burn a card before dealing a community card;

(b) players in a clockwise direction commencing with the first player to the immediate left of the button shall open the betting, check or fold;

(c) players in a clockwise direction from the opener, shall call, raise or fold until:

(i) only one player remains in the game, this player shall win the pot, or

(ii) two or more players remain in the game.



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