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7 Card Stud Poker
Basics of 7 card stud poker
7 cards stud is a very fashionable poker game, and it's played around the world, both at home and at casinos. The principle of stud poker games is preserved in 7-cards stud poker: the winner is the player with the strongest 5-card hand, or the only player left playing (when all the other players have folded).
The 7-card poker stud table
The table used to play 7-card stud can accommodate up to 8 players, and a dealer from the poker casino also participates in a passive role.
Betting regulations
Every poker table sets his own payoff rates, betting systems and initial bets. A popular betting system used in 7-card stud games is the split limit, which means that all bets (raises and calls) are multiplications of a fixed amount.
The first bettor in the first betting round is the player with the lowest exposed card, and he can make an initial minimum bet (called "ante") instead of the lower limit for that table. The ante's size is also set per table. The number of raises per round is limited to three, except for when there are only two poker players left, and they can raise an unlimited amount of times.
The gameplay
To play 7 card stud poker, a single deck is used. 3 cards are dealt to each player, 2 of them are personal cards ("hole cards" or "pocket cards"), and one card is exposed. After the initial deal a betting round starts. The players must decide during the first round if they wish to stay in this poker game or fold.
The remaining poker players then receive 3 more exposed cards, one at a time, with a betting round separating each deal. After the last betting round another hole card is dealt and the last betting round is done. If at least two players stayed in this game, a showdown takes place, meaning that the players expose their hidden cards. Then the hands are compared and the highest 5-card poker hand wins the pot. The hand can be formed from any of the 7 cards the player has. The left over cards have no influence what so ever on the strength of the hand.
