Stud Poker rules and variants
The basic rules in all kind of Stud Poker games, are pretty much the same as in Regular Poker, considering the value of the cards, ranking of the hands etc.
3 Card Stud Poker rules
In this variation of Poker three to six players are able to participate. The dealer deals three cards to every player, face down. After this initial deal follows a betting round in which any of the players on the table can make the opening bet. He and any other player now has to either Call or Raise to stay into the game. Then each player in 3 card poker has to draw two cards on the draw followed by another round of betting. After this final round of betting the players all show their hands. The ranking of the hand is exactly the same as in Regular Poker, but due to the three card limitation a Three of a Kind is the highest hand you can get.
5 Card Stud Poker rules
The number of the participating players in 5 Card Stud can vary from two to ten. At the start of the game the dealer deals each player one card, face down. You have to look at this so called "Hole Card" but don't let anybody else see this card. It needs to remain unknown to the opposing players. The next round of cards will be dealt Face Up. Then he puts the pack face down in front of himself on the table. The player with the highest ranking upcard now makes the opening bet. Now you have to either Call or Raise to stay in the game. After all the bets are made the dealer deals another upcard to the remaining players.
The second round of betting starts with the player holding the highest ranking hand with the two upcards. The player then has three choices. He can either Drop Out, Check or Bet. The rest of the 5 card stud players can either Stay, Play, Fold or Raise. The next round the dealer again deals another upcard to each player. Now you have three upcards and "The Hole" on the table in front of you. The third round of betting works exactly like the second. After the bets are made the dealer deals one final round of upcards for a total of five cards. The fourth is the final betting round and works just like the second and third except players can also choose to Call instead of Playing or Staying. After all betting is completed, one after another the players turn over their Hole Cards, hereby determining the winning player with the Highest Rank, who wins the pot in the middle.
7 Card Stud Poker rules
The number of the participating players in 7 Card Stud can vary from two to ten. At the start of the game the dealer deals each player two cards, face down. You have to look at this so called "Hole Cards" but don't let anybody else see this cards. In 7 Card Stud they need to remain unknown to the opposing players. The next round of cards will be dealt Face Up. He then puts the pack face down in front of himself on the table. The player with the highest ranking upcard now makes the opening bet. Now you have to either Call or Raise to stay into the game. After all the bets are made the dealer deals another upcard to the remaining players.
The second round of betting starts with the player holding the highest ranking hand with the two upcards. The player then has three choices. He can either Drop Out, Check or Bet. The rest of the players can either Stay, Play, Fold or Raise. The next round the dealer again deals another upcard to each player. Now you have three upcards and "The Holes" on the table in front of you.
The third round of betting works exactly like the second. Two more rounds of dealing and betting follow. The seventh and last card will then again be dealt face down. The final betting round works just like the others except players can also choose to Call instead of Playing or Staying. After all betting is completed, the player with the highest hand with the upcards starts to turn over his hole cards. He and any other 7 card stud player may use any five of the seven dealt cards to get the highest possible hand. The gambler with the highest hand wins the pot in the middle.