How To Play
Seven Card Stud
In Seven Card Stud poker you
receive seven cards. The seven cards are dealt
to you over five rounds. You then make your best
five card poker hand by using five of the seven
cards.
Seven Card Stud starts out
with each player at the table posting a small
ante. Once the antes have been posted each
player will then be dealt three cards. Two cards
will be dealt face down and the third card will
be dealt face up.
Play then begins with the
player who has the highest face up card placing
a forced bet. The forced bet is called the 'The
Bring In' and is used similar to the blinds in
Omaha and Holdem. The bring in bet is used to
force the action.
The action then goes around
clockwise. Each player has the option of either
calling, raising to the lower limit (completing
the bring in bet) or folding. There is usually a
limit of three raises in any betting round in
Seven Card Stud.
After the first round has been
completed, another card is then dealt face up.
Another round of betting then occurs.
Another card is then dealt
face up and is followed by another round of
betting. The betting is started by the player
whose up cards are the best hand. At this point
a total of five cards have been dealt.
Another card is then dealt
face up. This will be the fourth card that has
been dealt face up. You also have two cards face
down. Another round of betting follows and again
the player with the best hand showing begins the
betting round.
The seventh and final card is
then dealt face down. Then the final round of
betting starts with the player who has the best
hand showing.
When the final round of
betting has been completed, all remaining
players show their cards. The winner of the pot
is the player with the best five card poker
hand.
Seven Card Stud can be
summarized as follows:
Three Cards dealt to each
player – two down and one up.
A round of betting
One card dealt face up
A round of betting
One card dealt face up
A round of betting
One card dealt face up
A round of betting
Seventh and final card dealt
face down
The final round of betting
Showdown!
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