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Seven Card No Peek Poker
7 Card Stud poker, fulltiltpoker.net. Labels: bluffs in poker, Seven-Card Stud High-Low tactics, seventh street tactics in Seven-Card Stud High-Low. Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo.
Seven-Card Stud was easily the most popular poker game spread in card rooms before the introduction of Texas Hold’em and especially before the popularization of No-Limit Holdem during the 'poker boom.' Despite the drastic decrease in popularity, you can still find the game spread in most casinos and online card rooms. Stud games can include Seven Card Stud High, Razz, and Stud 08 also known as Eight or Better or Stud Hi/Low, but for the sake of simplicity, we will only be discussing 7-Card Stud High in this article. Many tournament series still offer Seven-Card Stud events, and the game represents the “S” in mixed game acronyms such as H.O.R.S.E. and H.O.S.E. Learning how to play Stud poker games is essential to being able to play these mixed events.If you are playing in a full game, there will usually be 8 players sitting at the table. Unlike games like Hold’em and Omaha that are played with blinds, Seven-Card Stud usually requires each player to post an ante before the cards are dealt. These antes are collected by the dealer and used to build a pot prior to the deal. Starting with the first player seated to the left of the dealer and continuing clockwise, each person receives two cards face down (called hole cards), and one card face up (referred to as an upcard or door card). The player who has the lowest ranking hole card showing face up is assigned the bring-in, meaning that they are required to post a specified amount. If two or more players share the same value card, the bring-in is determined by the rank of the card’s suit (with lowest to highest being: club, diamond, heart, spade). The action continues to the left of the bring-in, with the next player having the option of completing the bring-in (the act of increasing the minimum bring in to the full size of the structured bet), calling, or folding. Because each player is forced to post at least the bring-in to continue with the hand, checking is not an option on this street. Once one player completes the bet, the remaining players have the option to call, fold, or raise.





It is important to understand how the betting works if you want to learn how to play Stud poker games. If you are playing $5/$10 Stud, the ante would usually be $.50 cents, with the bring-in being $2. The bring-in player has the option of bringing it in for a minimum of $2 or a full bet of $5. Any player who wishes to raise can do so in increments of $5. On fourth street, the price of betting remains at $5 but increases on fifth street to $10 (and will remain the same on sixth and seventh streets). Also make sure to take note of how many times a raise is allowed on each street in the game you are playing. This varies from casino to casino. In most California card rooms, a bet and three raises is the maximum amount allowed. In Nevada, it is a bet and four raises.