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GUIDE TO SEVEN CARD STUD POKER

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Seven card stud poker is one of the many variations of poker.  Every player in the table to required to make an ante to start the pot.  Then, each player receives two downcards and a third card dealt face up for a starting hand.  This then sets off the first betting round around the table.  Three more cards are dealt to each player where each card is followed by betting until the final or seventh card is dealt face down.  The player with the biggest hand consisting of five cards is determined the winner of the pot.

Treatment of Misdeals

What happens if the dealer turned up your first or second card?  The third hole card is then dealt face down so you still have 2 downcards and 1 upcard.  But in case two hole cards are dealt face up, you got a dead hand there so you’ll get back the ante you made earlier.  In addition, if the first card up is the lowest, then the player to your left must bring-in regardless if he got the lowest card facing up around the table or not.

There would be cases too with several players around when a player is mistakenly designated as the lowcard and initiates the betting.  This can be rectified by taking back the bet and bringing in the real lowcard then the play continues as normal.  Now, unless this is rectified before the player next to the wrong lowcard makes his move, the wager will stay. 

Another possibility with too many players is that there won’t be enough cards to continue and all cards are dealt except for the last card, the dealer will use these instead of considering them as burn cards.  The remaining cards are shuffled, cut then burn just one card and deal the remaining cards around the table.  If it still turns up short, the top card, won’t be a burn card then a community card will be placed on the board which everybody could use in their hand.  Final betting begins with the one who got the highest hand including the community card.

If any player gets more than or less than the seven cards he’s supposed to receive, it is considered a dead hand.  However, during the showdown, a player with less than the normal seven cards may opt to declare a live hand and play.