Stud Poker

Poker is a cluster of card games. Poker is one of the earliest games to incorporate the betting system. Originating in mid 1700s, Poker is played in a variety of manners including 52 cards in both straight poker and stud poker games. With the introduction of online poker games, the popularity of this game has seen a rise. Some of the famous poker games spans straight poker, stud poker, draw poker, community poker, video poker, red dog poker and strip poker. According to Johnny Moss “Hold em is to stud, what chess is to checkers”. This clearly represents that stud is very much similar to recently boomed Hold em

Stud poker is one such game which further has variations including seven-card Stud Poker, five-card stud , eight-or-better high-low Stud , Mississippi Stud, razz poker, blind stud and many more. In this unique casino game, each player gets a combination of face-down and face-up cards dealt in multiple betting rounds. Out of all the Stud casino games, the seven-card Stud Poker is the most popular in homes and at casinos. The seven-card Stud is played with the aim of getting best five-card hand. In seven card Stud game, one has to play with the cards in hand only because it does not have community cards. In this interesting form of the Poker game, the main aim of the player is to have a better hand than the dealer at the showdown.

It is very important to learn the ranking structure before you start playing seven-card Stud Poker. Rankings are in the order of highest number of spades, hearts, diamonds and clubs. Seven- card Stud is the most challenging and played between four and eight players with a regular deck of 52 cards.

Razz Stud Poker is meant for those who are trying their hands at the Poker game or for those who are quite inexperienced in this field. With seven cards being dealt, here each player tries to get the best five card hand. In Razz Stud Poker, the aim is to form a strongest low card with strongest ranked card.

The Stud Poker game starts with the first bet called the ante and players can join the jackpot by betting on the selected jackpot on the table. There are two table limits of minimum and maximum bet. There are only two choices of ‘fold’ or ‘raise’ the bet in this game. After all the players have made their best, then the dealer reveals his cards. Few important things to be kept in mind while playing Stud Poker is to only raise the bet if you have quality hands. Secondly you can raise the bets no matter whether your hand is good or not, but you really have to pray that the dealer does not have an ace or king.

Following the general rule of not disclosing your cards to any of the players, some Stud Poker players are of the opinion of not to bet on low pairs but one should not forget that folding of cards will cost you your ante bet again and again.