How to Play Seven Card Stud Poker

Learn how to play 7-card stud real poker online using these five easy rules

1. Players will be dealt with two-hole cards (the cards are facing down).
2. The third card will be dealt face up. This is known as the door card or exposed card.
3. Based on the first two cards, players will decide on whether to fold or continue playing.
4. Four more cards will be dealt in intervals
5. Players have to create the best hand possible using the seven dealt cards. The winning hand will have the best five-card combination

The Bring in Seven Card Stud

This section of the seven-card stud is all about the starting bets. Antes are the forced bets places by all players at the table. The ante goes straight into the pot, and all bets made will be added to the ante. The action starts with the bring, which is where the player holding the lowest-value door card has to ‘bring it in.’

Betting Rounds

There are five betting rounds in Seven Card Stud. Players either fold, raise or call.

Third Street

The player on the left of the bring is the next player to act. The player has to make another bet the size of the bring or a full bet. The action continues clockwise until betting is complete

Fourth Street

In this round of betting, players will receive another face-up card. The player whose cards with the highest face-up card will act first. Added to the playing option is the check option where players can check if no bets have been made.

Fifth Street

The betting round works similarly to the fourth street with the highest-ranking cards starting the action. In the fifth street, players have to bet according to the big betting limit.

Sixth Street

The sixth street is played identically to the fifth street including the betting limit

Seventh Street

In the final betting round the last card is dealt face down. The player with the highest-ranking cards in the sixth street will start the action again. The big betting limit is used in this round

The Showdown

The showdown is the final playing section in seven card stud. Only the remaining players will take part in this round if more than one player is remaining. The last player to bet or raise will show their card first. Is there was no bet made in the seventh street the player in the earliest seat will reveal their card. All the hands will be shown clockwise, and the best hand will win.

Additional Seven Card Stud Situations

• If you happen to miss your turn to act, you will forfeit your ante, and your hand will be killed.
• The hand is folded the seat will continue to receive cards until it is killed by a bet being made
• As there can be eight players at a table, there is a possibility to run out of cards. The dealer will deal with all the ecards expect for the last one, which will be mixed with the burn cards.
• The player cannot regain their discards after finding that a better hand could have been made.

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