7 Card Stud Poker is the most popular of the Poker games where players use cards facing both up and down, so called Stud games. 7 Card Stud Poker has five betting rounds known as Streets, with the maximum bet doubling on either the second or third round of betting. The betting in 7 Card Stud Poker may seem a bit tricky at first, but with a little practice you'll be a stud in no time.
In 7 Card Stud Poker, each player receives a total of seven cards, three of which are exposed to the other players at the table. An ante must be placed before any cards are distributed. The stakes of the game determines the ante, and in some cases there is no ante at all. In the first deal of 7 Card Stud Poker, players are dealt three cards, two face down and one face up.
The player with the lowest card showing (ace is high) is then required to make the bring-in bet to the table, which is equal to half the lower-limit bet. If two people have the lowest card it is determined by suit: clubs and spades being highest. A round of betting begins and the remaining players have the option to fold, call an equal amount to what has been previously put into the pot or raise to a full bet.
For example, in a 10/20 USD game, the bring-in bet is 5 USD. The full bet at third street is 10 USD.
For this betting round in 7 Card Stud Poker, remaining players are dealt another card face up. The player with the highest card values (counting ALL exposed cards, such as high card, pair, etc.) begins the betting round by checking or betting. If two hands are of equal value the betting is started by the player left of the dealer.
The lower level bet applies to Fourth Street but, if the highest hand showing is a pair, any player has an option to bet either the lower or the higher betting limit (10 USD or 20 USD in our example), and the other players must follow that amount in calling or raising.
The betting structure is the same as for Fourth street, but the betting amounts are at the higher limit (20 USD in the example above).
The first player is determined by the highest ranking exposed hand on the table.
This is the final showdown in 7 Card Stud Poker and the last card to be dealt is called seventh street or the river. It is dealt face down, and the person who played first on sixth street plays first again. This is followed by a final round of betting ending in a showdown. Players then have to make the best five card hand possible with their total of seven cards.
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