7 Card Stud Strategy
This was published 30-07-20107 Card Stud, also called 7 Card Stud High, has been a casino favorite for many years. It’s only in recent years that Texas Hold ’em has surpassed it as the number one poker game.
7 Stud is however still very popular, and it is actually one of our favorite games here at card kings. You will find a whole number of 7 card stud game varieties online. The Poker Room and Caribbean Sun have a large amount of 7 card stud players. The Absolute Poker online poker room has active 7 Card Stud games that range from micro limits to five or ten dollar games. Lastly, for the high roller players out there, you can play with $100 chips per pot at the Party Poker’s high limit 7 Card Stud tables.
The Ante, Deal, and Bring In
Most of the 7 card stud poker tables need an ante from all players before the cards are dealt. After the ante is done, every player gets three cards, of which two are face down and one is face up. The player with the lowest door card posts the bring in. Players to the left of the bring in then choose whether they want to fold, call or raise.
Forth to Sixth Street
In every round, each poker player gets a card face up. Here, the high hand is the one that starts the betting. Because of this the order of action can alternate every round. Another difference in play is that the betting limits go up on fifth street. If you play at a five or ten dollar table, third and forth street’s maximum raise is five dollars a bet. On fifth, sixth and seventh street, the limit will be ten dollars a bet.
Seventh Street
Everyone gets a seventh face down card. As with previous streets, there is another betting round, beginning with the person with the highest face up cards.
The Showdown
A showdown occurs if there are more than one person left after seventh street. The person who can form the highest five card hand will win. The standard best five card hand rules apply here.
