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Do you enjoy card games? 7-Card Stud Poker is a popular gambling game that you can play in your home, in a traditional setting such as a card room, or in an online casino. 7-Card Stud Poker is played in eastern and western casinos and online. 7-Card Stud Poker has long held a top spot as a favorite pastime.

Tools of the trade

A standard deck of cards is used, without the Joker, but including Hearts, Diamonds, Spades, and Clubs. Games usually include two to eight players.
• In home games, usually an ante is used
• In casino games, an ante and a bring-in are used

How do you play 7-Card Stud?

• Betting is clockwise
• Player with the highest hand starts
• 7-Card Stud Poker begins with each player placing an ante in the pot
• Each player is dealt cards. (2 cards go into the hole and 1 is dealt face-up). This is followed by a bet.
• 3 more cards are dealt face-up. (A betting round follows each card dealt.)
• A final card is placed in the hole (for a total of 7 cards)
• The showdown follows the final betting round

Hand: each player can make a hand from any of 5 cards, from the 7 that have been dealt out.

Four, 13-card suites are used in 7-Card Stud Poker
Ace, King, Queen, Jack and downwards including an Ace again. (Ace can be played either high or low.)

The first round begins with the player showing the highest ranking up-card.
The second round proceeds with the player whose up-cards make the best Poker hand.
Showdown: each player makes the best 5-card Poker hand he can.

7-card Stud is therefore: “two down, four up, one down.”

Stud Poker players make strategic decisions based on their face-up cards. When a card is folded, a player can make certain choices because he knows that the card will not appear in an opponent's hand.

A look at hands

Straight Flush Four-of-a-Kind Full House Flush Straight Three-of-a-Kind Two pair One pair High card