How To Play 5 Card Stud Poker
Five Card Stud, 5-Card Stud is a game that is
similar to 5 car draw and 7 card stud. You only get
five cards as in draw, but you never get a chance to
replace any cards to improve your hand. Like in seven
card stud you get a hole card & usually 4 open cards
for everyone to see. The problem here is most people
play that the last card is a community card and therefore
only have one hole card. This means that with no chance
to replace cards there is a chance the winning hand
is often a pair or sometimes it is even just a high
card.
The Open
The round opens by the dealer giving each player 2 cards.
He deals everyone one hole card and then goes around
again and gives everyone an open card. After the initial
deal, it is time to bet. It usually starts with the
high open card betting first then going around the table
clockwise. When the betting is over it is time to move
on the 3rd street.
Third Street
A third card is dealt to each player as an open card.
After the third card is is time to bet again. Again
the best hand showing (open cards) starts the betting
and continues clockwise until there are no more bets
made and it's time to move on to 4th street.
Fourth Street
Fourth street is yet another open card. The betting
process is repeated once again and then time to move
on to 5th street.
Fifth Street
The final card is dealt. Usually it is a open card,
but we here at my-poker-blog.com think that having the
fifth card in the hole is a better idea. This way there
is more guessing what you opponents have and the strategy
of betting and bluffing come into play a lot more.
*Sometime it is preferred that the first two cards
are both dealt as hole cards and that the last three
are all open cards.
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