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- Seven card stud is a game of poker played by 2 to 7 players.
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- The first two rounds of cards are dealt face down and the third round
- is dealt face up. After the third round of cards, the player with the
- highest up card bets first. As in 5 stud, if two players hold the
- same high card, the player dealt first bets.
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- The next player in turn must either call the bet, raise the bet, or
- fold the hand.
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- Upon completion of the first round of betting, another card is dealt
- face up and this round is bet. Again, the highest hand showing bets
- first.
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- This continues until each player has four cards face up. Then the
- last round or seventh card is dealt face down and another round of
- bets are placed.
- At the end of the last round of bets, the players remaining in the
- hand turn their hold cards face up and declare the best 5 card hand
- out of the 7 cards dealt.
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- In most games, a player is stuck with the hand he calls, even if a
- better hand could be picked from the cards dealt. This is also true
- at the Friday Night Poker Club. It is your responsibility to select
- the 5 cards out of the 7 you are dealt to make up the best possible
- hand. In the practice mode, if you ask me, I will tell you which
- cards make up the best possible hand.
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- Some tips on seven card stud play:
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- After the first 3 cards are dealt, if you do not have 3 to a straight,
- 3 to a flush, a pair, or at least a face card, fold and wait for a
- better hand. With 5 rounds of betting and 7 cards to work with, the
- betting can get very expensive. Don't invest the money neccessary to
- see if a poor hand will develop. It is better to take a good hand and
- try to improve it.
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- If you have not a least paired in the first 5 cards and do not have a
- posssible flush or an open ended straight, you should get out
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- After 6 cards, you need a good pair (Jacks or better ) to stay in if
- the betting is moderate. If the betting gets heavy, fold any pair
- without a second thought.
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- After all cards are dealt, you should have at least 2 pair to
- comtempate dragging that pot. Of course if the betting is light, you
- may stay on a pair and a prayer.
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- The par hand, if you will, for 7 card stud is trips. Two good pair
- will win quite often, but most hands are won by trips or better.
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- Flushes and straights are quite common, so beware of them. With 3
- hold cards, straights and flushes may be well hidden.
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- Full houses are seen with some regularity in this game and
- occasionally 4 of a kind will rear it's ugly head. If you are blessed
- with a quartet, bet your buns off.
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- The guidelines for playing seven card stud are rather sparse compared
- to draw or 5 cards stud. There are so many possible hands that can be
- combined from the cards dealt that this is the most unpredictable of
- the games played at the Club.
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- There is a far greater element of luck in 7 card than the other games.
- Your success or failure here is more determined by luck and instinct
- than the other games. This is why many high stakes players refuse to
- play 7 card stud.
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- It is, however, exciting due to the potential pots that may be built.
- A player may go into a 7 stud game almost broke and come out ahead, by
- going deep on his marker. Conversely, a player well ahead may go
- broke on one hand.
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- At the Friday Night Poker Club, each player may go "on their marker"
- for any hand. They all have, as do you, unlimited credit for this
- last effort. If a player goes on their marker and loses, they are out
- of the game and owe the winner of that pot the amount of the marker.
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- Any Club member's marker may then be played as cash for the rest of
- the game. If the player going on their marker wins the hand, the
- amount of the marker is deducted from the pot and the marker is
- destroyed.
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- If several players go out owing a marker, the amount of cash in the
- game may increase beyond the original total takeouts.
- This practice of accepting markers goes for all 4 games played at the
- Friday Night Poker Club.
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- Next, you may observe 7 card stud. I will play the hand you normally
- hold and tell you what I am thinking.
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- You may repeat as may hands in this mode as you wish.
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- Good luck at the Friday Night Poker Club. Maybe I will be handing you
- the Champion's Trophey sometime soon.
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