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Writer>>daniel albert 5 CASINOS In addition to the standard rules of the game there are several additional rules to follow. • The joker plays as a "wild" in all cases when dealt face down; however, when dealt face up, it is "wild" only with Aces, Flushes and Straights. • The player with the highest card clockwise of the dealer button will make a mandatory opening bet, as we stated before and when the Joker is dealt face up, it will be considered an Ace for purposes of the opening bet. • The opening bettor has the option of opening at either the lower or upper limit at the start of play. • The highest hand visible will start the action on all following rounds. Note that hands are considered to be of equal value whether or not one hand may include the Joker. The closest of such hands to the dealer acts first. • In addition, if any down card is exposed by the house dealer, that player will receive his next card down and will be permitted to declare "all-in". If the "Joker" happens to be the card that is inadvertently exposed, it will play as if it had been dealt face down, meaning it will play as "wild" in all cases. • Also due to the removal of the 8's, 9's and 10's from the deck the following hands are considered the same as a straight: "4–5–6–7–J" "5–6–7–J–Q" "6–7–J–Q–K" "7–J–Q–K–A". • If cards on the initial deal are dealt out of sequence, a mis-deal will be declared. Two instances of action, however, will indicate acceptance, in which case there will be no mis-deal and the hand will be played as is and the hand missed will be fouled. • Because cards on 3rd, 4th or 5th streets are dealt either face up or face down, any cards dealt out of sequence on those streets will be moved face up to their correct position. The deal of the affected turn will be completed if necessary although no betting will be permitted on the affected street. • Any following street will then be dealt and betting will resume with all bets made by players who receive out of sequence cards, which had not yet been returned to their correct position being denied and returned to the player. • If a player exposes a card themselves, at any time other than prescribed times, it is not considered an exposed card and will be required to play it as a down card. • A card will be burned on each round, following the second round and for each round a check or raise is permitted with all raises requiring a bet at least equal to the size of the last bet.