Thursday, January 10, 2008

Stud Variants

5 Card Stud : Five-card stud is the earliest form of the card game, stud poker, originating during the American Civil War, but is less commonly played today than many other more popular poker games - clear from its absence from the World Series of Poker. It is still a popular game in parts of the world, especially in Finland where a specific variant of five-card stud called Soko.

7 Card Studs : The Seven Card Stud Poker Rules differ from those other Online Poker Games of Omaha and Texas Hold'em in that there are no community cards. Each person makes the best possible five card poker hand from the seven cards available to them.

Instead of blinds there are antes in Seven Card Stud which every player must contribute before the hand begins. It starts by each player being dealt two cards face down and one face up. The person with the lowest face up card is forced to bet half the ante which is known as a 'bring in'.

Caribbean Stud Poker : This is a game played on a semi-circular table with three to five players facing the dealer using a standard 52 card deck held in a card shoe. The aim of the game is to beat the dealer with the five cards you are dealt.

The Caribbean Stud table features a Progressive Jackpot which is usually displayed on a digital board. This jackpot may be linked to other Caribbean Poker tables in the same casino or chain of casinos. Each player sits behind a layout which begins with a slot for the Progressive Jackpot followed by an Ante and then a Bet box. The slot enables players wishing to participate in the Jackpot to do so for $1, which is a wager independent of the Ante and Bet which are the Stud Poker action.

Seven Card Stud 8 Or Better : Seven Card Stud (8 or Better) is a fast-action game in which the "best" (highest) and "worst" (lowest) hands split the pot. Straights and flushes have no ranking in the low hand, although you can win both high and low if your hand can qualify for both. An A-2-3-4-5 is the best hand for low and and also makes a straight. You can use one set of five cards for high and a different set of five cards for low and win both halves of the pot if holding the best high and low hands. To win low, your hand must be an 8 low or lower. Seven Card Stud (8 or Better) offers the player multiple ways to draw in every hand and the games can get fast and loose.

Seven Card Stud Hi Lo : Normally Playable Starting Hands: LOW to a STRAIGHT FLUSH - (7d 5d 3d). Play the same as 3 LOW to a FLUSH below.. LOW to a STRAIGHT - ( 6h 4s 2c).Play the same as 3 LOW to a FLUSH below.

Specific Variants : As mentioned above, seven-card stud is probably the most common form of the game, with most other games being variants of that, although five-card stud is also a basic pattern upon which many variations are built. These games are described on their own page. Most of the games described below started as ad-hoc variants, but they have either become popular enough to have a common name, or else have some unique feature to merit including them here.

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