5 Card Stud Poker Rules
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The game of 5-Card Stud used to be a lot more popular than today, and as a result, fewer people know how to play it than was true 50 or 100 years ago. However, it can be a great game to play, more for the social benefit than for making a lot of money. Here are the easy rules. Select a person to be the dealer for the first round. In subsequent rounds, the person to his immediate left becomes the next dealer, and so on. The dealer opens the round by dealing each person two cards, one face down and the other face up. The dealer determines whether low card or high card will start the bidding. The person to the dealer's left makes the first bid, and the next player has the option to see the bid (i.e., to match it) to raise it (increase the bid amount) or fold (quit for that hand due to having poor cards). If anyone raises the bid, the bidding goes around again until everyone has the option to either see the raise or fold. Once it comes back to the person who raised in the first place, he may either raise it again or "check" (leave it as is). After bidding is done for the round, we enter what is called "Third Street." This refers to a third open card that the dealer gives to each player. Betting goes around again. A fourth open card is given to each player (or "Fourth Street") followed by another round of betting, and then a "Fifth Street" card, followed by bidding. The best hand wins the pot. Since there is no drawing in 5-Card Stud, the cards you dealt are what you have to work with. Therefore, much of the strategy here will revolve around bluffing people into thinking you have something you don't have--or don't have something you do have. While 5-Card Stud is a game that experienced players may quickly tire of, it's easy to learn, and one of the easiest ways for beginners to begin to learn the basic hands. |
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| 5 Card Draw |
| 5 Card Stud |
| 7 Card Stud |
| 7 Card Stud Hi-Lo |
| Crazy Pineapple |
| HORSE |
| Omaha Hi |
| Omaha Hi-Lo |
| Razz |
| Texas Holdem |