Betting & Rules
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 Individual
Betting Area / Rules
As shown here, individual player positions have spots representing the card suits, the Joker Poker
bonus side bet and Progressive Jackpot bet. Players may make any combination of bets.
Once all players have made their bets, the dealer shuffles the deck, or takes a shuffled
deck out of the shuffler, and spreads the deck between the player's bets and the chip rack. One
player is given a stylus to select four cards. After the cards are selected, the dealer will
put the remaining cards in the discard rack, and turns over the first three selected cards.
Alternatively, the dealer will provide, or use, a cut card, then select the top 4 cards.
After examining the first three cards, the dealer will take all losing bets and pay the winners
of the basic Pick A Suit bet and the Joker Poker bonus side bet.
If the first three cards result in a straight flush or three of a kind, the dealer will
turn over the fourth card, which is only used to resolve the Progressive Jackpot side bet, and
she will then pay or take the Jackpot bets.
If the first three cards have a pair or better (a side bet winner), the same player is offered
the option of selecting again for the next round, even if they didn't bet on either side bet.
If the Jackpot side bet is not being offered, only three cards are selected. When the Jackpot
bet is offered, the fourth card will be shown even if no player made the Jackpot bet.
The deck is used once, then gets reshuffled.
 Table Layouts
This game can be played on a BlackJack size table, like the 5 player sample shown here.
The game can also be plaed on a larger table, with larger community betting positions, similar
to a Big Six table, like the example shown here.
 Stylus
As is customary for many table games, players never touch the cards. A designated player
is provided a stylus to select the cards used to determine the outcomes.
The styli shown here are merely the barrel of a standard issue casino ball point pen - with
the guts removed. Insert a foam ear plug, and you've got a stylus.
Some casino gift shops have monogrammed pens with stylus tips. Those can be used, but be sure it's
the type with the stylus at the top of the pen rather than at the writing tip, otherwise you may
end up with marked cards. Or simply remove the ink barrel.
Alternatively, the dealer can offer a player a cut card to cut the deck, then use the first
4 cards to determine the winners. Of course, the dealer can cut the cards herself if the casino prefers.
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