Wed, 08/24/2011 – 05:52 – PokerPages Staff

The classic game of seven-card stud poker is one which any beginner poker player should learn. Read the following poker information to find out how to play the most traditional high-hand wins all variation of the game.

What you need:
•    52 card deck
•    chips
•    two to seven players

How to play:
•    Each player bets an ante.
•    The dealer then gives each player three cards starting from the left. Two of the cards, known as the pocket or hole cards, are placed faced down and the other is dealt face-up.
•    Each player can look at their pocket cards.
•    Whichever player has the lowest card facing-up bets the ‘bring in’ bet. Betting then resumes from that player’s left.
•    Once the betting has finished, a face-up card is dealt to each player. This card is referred to as ‘the turn’ or ‘fourth street’.
•    The second round of betting is started with the player who has the highest card. With each subsequent round of betting this will now be the case.
•    Once this round has finished a fifth card, known as ‘the river’ or ‘fifth street’, is dealt.
•    A sixth round of betting commences after the fifth round is complete.
•    The seventh and final card is dealt facing down and each player takes it into their own hand. This is then the final round of betting.
•    After this, each player shows their hand. The winner is the player who made the best five-card hand from the seven dealt.

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August 25 2011, Josh Bell

The final Day 1 flight at the 2011 PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Queenstown Main Event came to a close on Thursday with another small field adding 23 more players to Friday’s Day 2 action.

Forty-three players entered Day 1c, but only 36 actually took their seats; however, there were no complaints. The seven no-shows left thousands of dollars of dead money in the prize pool.

After six levels of play, 23 players remained and will join the 20 and 28 players from Day 1a and 1b, respectively, to form the 71-player Day 2 field. Some players from Day 1c who won’t be making an appearance on Day 2 include Julian Cohen, Andrew Scott and Joel Dodds.

After taking down the 2011 APPT Melbourne Main Event a few weeks ago, Leo Boxell was looking good to continue his solid run in the APPT, but his Day 2 hopes in Queenstown were cut short late into Day 1c by the eventual chip leader, Alicia Sale.

Sale managed to work her way up the chip leaderboard throughout the day after falling early to 4,000 in chips. Her rise culminated in the double elimination of Boxell and Joshua Jurcic. Both players were all-in on the flop. Boxell was in trouble holding against Jurcic’s , while Sale held . She managed to hit the on the turn to make the nut flush and send both opponents to the rail.

Day 1c Top Ten Chip Counts

Sale not only managed to top the counts after Day 1c, but she will return for Day 2 on Friday as the overall chip leader. Sale adds to the Kiwi domination of APPT Queenstown. The players with the top five chip stacks all hail from New Zealand.

The closest international player to Sale going into Day 2 is Germany’s Marcel Schreiner, while Australia’s Daniel Laidlaw and Austrian Octavian Voegele also sit close by the New Zealanders.

Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts

The returning players will take their seats at the felt at 1230 NZST (1700 PDT) on Friday all vying for the $94,300 NZD first-place prize. Join the PokerNews Live Reporting Team as they bring you all the action from Day 2 of the 2011 APPT Queenstown Snowfest.

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