7 Card Stud Poker
How To Play the Game
There are five betting rounds in Seven Card Stud. One bet and three raises are allowed in each betting round.
Seven Card Stud poker begins with an ante, meaning that each player adds to the pot a fixed sum. The sum is determined by the poker room or, in a private game, by the participants.
Then the dealer begins dealing. Each player receives initially three cards,
two face down cards and one face-up card, otherwise known as "up", "door card" or "Third Street".
The player who received the lowest up card opens the first round of bets.
If two players received the same low ranking up card, then suits determine the round, progressing from clubs,
diamonds, hearts, to spades. After the first bet is made each player may call, raise, or fold.
This first round of betting is also known as "Third Street".
After everyone have placed their bets, a fourth card is dealt, face-up. From here on,
the betting rounds start with the player who has the highest ranking cards showing either betting or checking.
After this the other players in turn choose to call, raise, or fold. This second round is called "Fourth Street".
After "Fourth Street" a fifth card is dealt, face-up, and a betting round starts.
This is called (unsurprisingly) "Fifth Street".
Next the sixth card is dealt, face-up, followed by a fourth betting round. This is called "Sixth Street".
The seventh and last card is dealt face down. This card is also called "River Card" or "Seventh Street".
The players then decide which five cards they are going to use, and they make their final bets.
(Stud is limited to eight players. Though chances that all players stay in the game till the last round is slim,
if this occurs there won't be enough cards in the deck to deal an individual card to each player.
Instead, there will be one river card, and it will be dealt faced up, for the use of all players.)
At the end of "Seventh Street", there is a showdown of hands. Wining hand takes the pot.
If two hands are tied, suits won't determine the winner but rather both players will split the pot.
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