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Seven Card Stud Poker Game Rules
In the Seven Stud card game there are five
betting rounds (oh ye). Stud is played with an ante, a
decided upon down payment to start of the game. There
are no community cards in stud, the players' hands
determine the order of action (so don’t forget to pray
for some good cards right at the beginning). In the
first round of betting, the player with the lowest card
must make a bring-in bet and, in subsequent betting
rounds, the player with the best hand showing has to act
first. Depending on the size of the game, an ante may or
may not be used. All players put the ante in front of
them and the dealer collects the ante and puts it into
the pot (make sure nothing in his pockets).
The game:
The
online poker game begins when all players receive
two cards face down (the hole cards in poker player
lingo) and one card face up which is called the up-card
(kind of self explanatory). The cards are dealt
clockwise, one at a time. This hand is called the
starting hand.
After the cards have been dealt, let the
games begin
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The player who has
been dealt the lowest up-card is required to start
the action by placing a bring-in bet. If two or more
players have the same rank of up-cards, then suit
becomes the deciding factor as to which of them is
to make the bring-in bet. The lowest suit is Clubs
followed by Diamonds, Hearts and Spades. This means
that the 2 of spades is the lowest possible up-card.
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After the bring-in
bet is played, the action continues clockwise. The
player to the immediate left of the bring-in has the
option of folding, calling or raising. A raise is
the size of the opening bet and a call is the size
of the bring-in bet.
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The betting
proceeds until all players who have not folded have
contributed equally to the pot.
The second hand of betting begins with:
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The dealer deals a
fourth card face up to all remaining players.
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In this round and
all later betting rounds, it is the player with the
best up-cards who has to act first.
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The smaller
bring-in bet is no longer utilized. If a player
pairs his up-card, he has the option of betting a
small bet or he can make the bigger bet that is used
in subsequent betting rounds. This option occurs
only for the player who pairs his up-card.
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The betting begins
clockwise from the player who was first to act and
ends when all players who did not fold have
contributed equally to the pot.
The third round of betting is about to
begin all aboard…..
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The dealer deals a
fifth card face up for each remaining player.
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The player with the
best up-card acts first.
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All bets are the
size of the bigger bet.
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The betting moves
clockwise from the player who acted first and
finishes when all remaining players have equally
contributed to the pot.
The fourth round of betting (one more to
go after this)
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The dealer deals a
sixth card face up to all remaining players.
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The player with the
best up-cards acts first.
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All bets are the
size of the bigger bet.
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The betting
proceeds clockwise from the first player who acted
and ends when all players who did not fold have
contributed equally to the pot.
The fifth and last round is right around
the corner and here we go….
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The dealer deals a
seventh card face down (make sure no one is
taking a peak) to all remaining players.
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just like before
the player with the best up-cards acts first.
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All bets are the
size of the bigger bet.
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The betting
continues clockwise from the player who acted first
and ends when all remaining players who did not fold
have contributed equally to the pot.
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If someone gets
called on the last round of betting, there is a show
down. The player who gets called is forced to flip
his three down cards face up on the table. The other
players then have the option of either mucking their
hands or, if they have it, of showing the winning
hand.
Now that you have learned the principals
of the Seven Card Stud Poker game, all that is left is
to practice, practice, and
than practice even more until you have perfected your
game, before you start playing for some big numbers.
Good Luck
The
Online Casinos USA team
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