7 Card Stud
7 Card Stud is a poker game in which each player receives his own seven cards.
Each player uses his own seven cards to form the best five card poker hand.
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Ante, Bring-In and Betting Structure
The cards are dealt to each player in five sequences known as 3rd through 7th Streets.
3rd Street is dealt as the first sequence and consists of two face-down cards and one up-card.
4th through 6th Streets are dealt face up one card at a time.
The 7th Street card is dealt face-down.
In order to start the betting action, 7 Card Stud uses what are called antes and bring-ins. Antes are posted by every player before he/she receives his/her cards and do not count as part of any future bets. The bring-in bet is used to stimulate action and initiate play. In 7 Card Stud the lowest card by suit will be forced to start the action by placing the bring-in bet with an Ace counting as high card for this purpose. The bring-in bet counts as part of the player’s bet if it should be raised. For purposes of determining the low card on the bring-in, suits will be ranked from highest to lowest as: Spades, Hearts, Diamonds and Clubs.
On subsequent rounds, the high hand initiates action. If there is a tie, the player to the left of the dealer is first.
In 7 Card Stud there are five total rounds of betting, the initial two at the lower limit and then three at the higher limit The first round of betting takes place after each player has been dealt his initial three card hand(3rd Street). The second betting round takes place after 4th Street has been dealt. The third round of betting takes place after the 5th Street card has been dealt. The fourth round of betting will take place after the 6th Street and the fifth and final round of betting takes place after 7th Street.
After the final round of betting has been completed, a player may use any combination of five cards to determine his/her best hand.
Things to Know about 7 Card Stud
If a player makes an open pair on the 4th Street, that player has the option of betting either the smaller or larger bet. If he/she bets the smaller amount, the net player(s) may raise in increments of the smaller bet or the larger bet. If a larger bet or raise is made, the next raise must be in increments of the larger bet.
7 Card Stud hand example:
Your 7 card hand: 
Your opponent’s hand: 
Your hand:
Your best five-card hand is a full house, Aces full of Jacks. 
Your opponent’s hand:
Your opponent’s best five-card hand is two pair, Sevens and Fives
