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7 Card Stud Rules

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7 Card Stud is a classic poker game. In this game, every player is dealt 7 cards throughout the course of the hand. The player who makes the best 5 card poker hand they can out of the 7 cards they were dealt is the winner of the hand.

The game starts with everyone receiving two cards face down (in the hole) and one card face up (the door card). Everyone puts in the same ante, and the action starts with the person who has the lowest door card and the action moves from that player clockwise around the table. In the case of a tie, we sort by suit: clubs is lowest, then diamonds, hearts, and finally spades. Whoever starts also has to make a blind bet called “the bring in” to start the game, and it can be anywhere from preset bring in or up to the whole small bet. Rather than pre-flop, this is called “3rd street”.

Once the pot is right, the players get a second door card on “4th street”. Another round of betting starts.

then another door card on 5th street, followed by round of betting.

and another door card on 6th street, followed by round of betting

Finally, the river is face down, followed by the final round of betting.

whoever has the best 5 card poker hand wins the pot.

Keep in mind that position changes throughout the hand. Other than 3rd street, whoever has the strongest hand showing gets to act first. Another key difference compare to NLH is that 7 card stud has bet limits. Each game has a “small bet” and “big bet”. The small bet will be used on the 3rd and 4th streets while the big bet will be used on the 5th, 6th, and 7th streets. All betting or raising is done in increments of small bet or big bet. So, if the game starts at 10/20, for instance, then we can bet 10 chips and raise 10 chips on 3rd and 4th street. Once we hit fifth street, then those numbers go up to 20. Similar to Texas hold'em, each player has the option to check, bet, call/raise, or fold in every round of betting.

Poker-hand rankings : from strongest to weakest