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Texas Shootout
Texas Shootout Rules
The Game is played at a blackjack-style table, using six standard decks of 52 cards each, dealt from
a shoe by a house dealer. After all players have p1ace.j their wager, the dealer deals to each player
position and to themselves, four cards face down. Esch player determines which two of their four
cards they wish to play and discards the two unused cards. Then the dealer exposes the house hand
and determines which two of the four cards they will play according to a predetermined "house-way"
strategy.
Next, the dealer deals rive cards, face up, in the center of the table. These five cards are common
cards and, in addition to their two-card hand, are used by all players and the dealer to make the
best possible five-card poker hand. The object of the Game is for the player to have a higher
ranking poker hand than the dealer. Since six decks au-e used, the five-card poker hand rankings are
modified from the standard poker rankings and are cepicted in paragraph #11 and are posted at
each table. I f a player has a higher hand then the dealer, they are paid even money on their wager.
I f the player's hand is lower than or equal to the dealer's hand, the player loses their wager.
There are two variations to the basic game play described above. First, in the event a player wishes
to split their initial foulr cards into two, two-card hanus, they may do so at any time. To do so the
player must match their original wager, and play both hands. Second, there is an optional
independent side-bet wager, known as "Shootout BonusTM", whereby a player attempts to obtain one
of several predetermined poker rankings and is paid odds according to the ranking obtained. I f the
player's Shootout Bonus wager is at least five dollars, they qualify for the "Envy Bonus" feature. The
Envy Bonus is paid to a player if any other hand, (excluding the dealer's hand), contains any of
certain pre-determined arrangement of cards.
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