Seven Card Stud

Seven Card Stud

"How to play Seven Card Stud"

For years, Seven Card Stud has been the most popular poker variant in the United States and across the world, until the recent popularity growth of Texas Hold'em.

In Seven Card Stud players receive three cards, two cards dealt face down and one face up (also called holecards). This is called 3rd Street. The face up card is called the doorcard.
The player showing the lowest door card after the deal must make a bring-in that usually amounts two times the ante or make a bet higher than that if the limit allows it.
For the purposes of determining the forced bring-in, ties in card rank are broken by suit, with the order being spades, hearts, diamonds and clubs (in descending order).

Players sitting to the left of the bring-in then have the option of folding, calling or raising the bring-in bet. After the bring-in or bet is made action continuous clockwise until betting is completed for the round.

4th Street - 6th Street

Then the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th card is dealt to each player and another betting round starts after each card dealt. Each betting round, each player gets another card face up. If any player shows a pair on 4th street it is possible to bet/raise double the limit. A maximum of three raises is allowed, no matter the size of each raise. The player showing the highest hand on the board is first to act in each round.

7th street

The final card on 7th street is dealt face down. This brings a total of seven cards per person, 3 cards face down and 4 cards showing.
If no more betting takes place there is a showdown to determine the winner. The best possible five card poker hand wins the pot (kickers count). If two or more players show the same hand they split the pot.