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Seven card stud is a game of poker played by 2 to 7 players.
The first two rounds of cards are dealt face down and the third round
is dealt face up. After the third round of cards, the player with the
highest up card bets first. As in 5 stud, if two players hold the
same high card, the player dealt first bets.
The next player in turn must either call the bet, raise the bet, or
fold the hand.
Upon completion of the first round of betting, another card is dealt
face up and this round is bet. Again, the highest hand showing bets
first.
This continues until each player has four cards face up. Then the
last round or seventh card is dealt face down and another round of
bets are placed.
At the end of the last round of bets, the players remaining in the
hand turn their hold cards face up and declare the best 5 card hand
out of the 7 cards dealt.
In most games, a player is stuck with the hand he calls, even if a
better hand could be picked from the cards dealt. This is also true
at the Friday Night Poker Club. It is your responsibility to select
the 5 cards out of the 7 you are dealt to make up the best possible
hand. In the practice mode, if you ask me, I will tell you which
cards make up the best possible hand.
Some tips on seven card stud play:
After the first 3 cards are dealt, if you do not have 3 to a straight,
3 to a flush, a pair, or at least a face card, fold and wait for a
better hand. With 5 rounds of betting and 7 cards to work with, the
betting can get very expensive. Don't invest the money neccessary to
see if a poor hand will develop. It is better to take a good hand and
try to improve it.
If you have not a least paired in the first 5 cards and do not have a
posssible flush or an open ended straight, you should get out
After 6 cards, you need a good pair (Jacks or better ) to stay in if
the betting is moderate. If the betting gets heavy, fold any pair
without a second thought.
After all cards are dealt, you should have at least 2 pair to
comtempate dragging that pot. Of course if the betting is light, you
may stay on a pair and a prayer.
The par hand, if you will, for 7 card stud is trips. Two good pair
will win quite often, but most hands are won by trips or better.
Flushes and straights are quite common, so beware of them. With 3
hold cards, straights and flushes may be well hidden.
Full houses are seen with some regularity in this game and
occasionally 4 of a kind will rear it's ugly head. If you are blessed
with a quartet, bet your buns off.
The guidelines for playing seven card stud are rather sparse compared
to draw or 5 cards stud. There are so many possible hands that can be
combined from the cards dealt that this is the most unpredictable of
the games played at the Club.
There is a far greater element of luck in 7 card than the other games.
Your success or failure here is more determined by luck and instinct
than the other games. This is why many high stakes players refuse to
play 7 card stud.
It is, however, exciting due to the potential pots that may be built.
A player may go into a 7 stud game almost broke and come out ahead, by
going deep on his marker. Conversely, a player well ahead may go
broke on one hand.
At the Friday Night Poker Club, each player may go "on their marker"
for any hand. They all have, as do you, unlimited credit for this
last effort. If a player goes on their marker and loses, they are out
of the game and owe the winner of that pot the amount of the marker.
Any Club member's marker may then be played as cash for the rest of
the game. If the player going on their marker wins the hand, the
amount of the marker is deducted from the pot and the marker is
destroyed.
If several players go out owing a marker, the amount of cash in the
game may increase beyond the original total takeouts.
This practice of accepting markers goes for all 4 games played at the
Friday Night Poker Club.
Next, you may observe 7 card stud. I will play the hand you normally
hold and tell you what I am thinking.
You may repeat as may hands in this mode as you wish.
Good luck at the Friday Night Poker Club. Maybe I will be handing you
the Champion's Trophey sometime soon.
Capt
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