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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Tue, 04/12/2011 – 01:39 – PokerPages Staff

Beginner poker players will find 7 Card Stud Poker easy to learn.  As the name indicates, it is played with seven cards and a standard deck of 52 cards.  Once you catch on to the intricacies of poker bets, and the dealing process, the game becomes second nature.  Two to seven players can play at one time.

To begin with, two cards are dealt to each player face down.  The next card is dealt face up and the first betting round begins.  Poker betting begins with the lowest card showing, and continues around the table until all players have had a chance to bet.  

The next card is dealt face up.  This time the betting begins with the best poker hand showing.  Betting proceeds until all have had a chance to bet.  This is referred to as Fourth Street. 

The next card is also a face up card and sparks another round of betting.  Again, betting begins with the best poker hand showing.  This is called Five Street. 

The next card is also dealt face up and begins another round of bets with the best poker hand showing starting the betting process.  This is Sixth Street. 

Now the last card is dealt face down, and a final betting round proceeds.  This is referred to as Seventh Street. 

At the end of this betting round, the players still in the game use their three facedown cards and their table cards to make the best poker hand possible. 

Unlike Omaha and Texas Hold’em where the face up cards are community property, the face up cards in stud belong to only the person they are dealt to.

Beginner poker players will find this a fun game and the concepts are quite easy to learn.  Catching on after a few practice hands, players can test their new skills online free at PokerStars.net and poker information and training is available at PokerSchoolOnline – the premier Internet resource for free poker education.