7 Card Stud Poker
Variations of 7 Card Stud PokerA variation can be an interesting way to renew a game that has been played a lot. Some variations have advantages over regular Stud, such as allowing a larger amount of players and speeding up the game.
Each of the variation games that we shall bring here has specific rules, which should be read carefully and understood fully by a new player who joins a game. Seven Card Mutual
In a game of Seven Card Mutual the face-up cards are not dealt to a player individually but rather are put on the board for everyone's use. They are called "mutual" cards.
Because the face up cards in this game are not given individually but collectively, less cards are needed, and so Seven Card Mutual can be played with up to sixteen players. Omaha
In Omaha the first betting round takes place straight after the two down cards are dealt (as oppose after the third card, in Stud).
This game also involves using mutual cards, put on the board for everyone's use. The last card dealt is also a mutual card (as oppose to a face down card in Stud).
Because there are only two individual, face down, cards, less cards are needed, and so Omaha can be played with up to twenty four players. Mutual Omaha
This is Omaha with a twist: after the seventh and final card is dealt, before the final betting round takes place, players are offered the option of buying an extra card, faced down. The price of the card is either half the size of the existing pot or, in a low limit game, the exact size of the existing pot. Amarillo
This game is also very similar to Omaha. The big difference is that in Amarillo a player must compile his hand using his two face down cards and three faced up cards.
This rule prevents the situation that occurs in Omaha, in which the pot is split up by all the participants around the table. This happens when the winning five cards are those which are put face up on the table.
For example, if the five up cards in Amarillo make a straight flush, it won't help a player unless he has two hole cards to go with it. However, in a game of Omaha the players don't have to use their own cards and can simply use the communal cards. Unless one of the players has a high card which will make for a stronger hand (instead of a 7-Jack on the table having a "hole" card of Queen to make a 10-Queen), all the players will use the table cards and will win the pot, which will be split up evenly amongst them. Stud 8 or Better
Stud 8 or Better is the Hi/Lo version of Seven Card Stud. This means that the pot might be split between two hands: the highest ranking hand and the lowest qualifying hand.
In order for a low hand to be qualified it must consist of cards which are eight or lower. If there are two low hands, the hand with the lowest high card wins. If the lowest high card is similar, the next high cards determines the winner.
An Ace may be used as a low card, ranking 1. The best low hand, also known as the "wheel" or "bicycle", is Ace, 2, 3, 4, 5. A straight and a flush don't count in low hands.
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