Seven-Cards Poker Stud is a fashionable and popular online poker game that is played around
the world. The winner of this poker variation is the player with the
strongest five-card hand or the only one who hasn't folded.
The 7-card poker stud table can accommodate up to 8
users, and a dealer from the online poker room also participates.
Betting rules:
Every poker room has its own payoff ratings, betting systems
and initial bets. A popular betting system is the split limit
in which all bets (raises and calls) are multiplications of a fixed amount.
The first online poker player to bet in the first betting round
is the one with the lowest exposed card, and he can place an
initial minimum bet (called "ante") instead of the lower limit
for that table. The ante's size is also a pre-set limit for
each online poker table. The number of raises per round is
limited to three, except for when there are only two online poker gamblers left,
and then they can raise an unlimited amount of times.
To play 7 card stud poker, a single deck is used. 3 cards are
dealt to each online poker gambler, 2 of them are personal
cards ("hole cards" or "pocket cards",0), and one card is
exposed. After the initial deal a betting round starts. The
online poker players must decide during the first round
if they wish to stay or fold.
The remaining online players then receive 3 more exposed
cards, one at a time, with a betting round separating each deal.
After the last betting round another hole card is dealt and the
last betting round is done. If at least two poker players stayed
in this game, a showdown takes place, meaning that the online poker players expose
their hidden cards. Then the hands are compared
and the highest 5-card poker hand wins the poker pot. The
hand can be formed from any of the 7 cards the online poker player has. The left
over cards have no influence what so ever on
the strength of the poker hand.
7-card Stud Poker Variants:
7 Stud Low Ball poker
Low only.
7 Stud High-low, Declare
High-Low Split, declare after the last online poker betting round.
7 Stud High-low, Cards Talk
High-Low Split, Cards Talk, 8 or better low.
High Chicago poker
High hand split the poker pot with the player who has the highest spade down after the showdown.
Low Chicago
High hand splits the pot with the player who
has the lowest spade down after the showdown, Aces are high only.
Murder
If a player is dealt an up-card that matches in rank with
another up-card in his hand (i.e. pairs up,0), then he has to match pot or fold.
No Murder, No Game
Identical to 'Murder' but if while dealing all
four up-cards nobody has paired up, then the cards are re-dealt
and each player re-antes. On the other hand, if a player is paired up and
chooses to fold, the game is still good. All that matters is
that someone paired up.
Suicide
Identical to 'Homicide' but up cards are given and exposed just
like in Roll-Your-Own.
High San Francisco
High hand splits the pot with the player who has the highest heart down after
the showdown.
Low San Francisco
High hand splits the pot with the player who has the lowest heart down after
the showdown, Aces are high only.
Homicide
Same as Murder, but cards are dealt 1 down and 6 up, and if the down-card pairs up,
then it and all like it in that player's hand are wild, e.g. if a player has a 3
down, and has, as his up-cards, 3, 9, J, 2, 3, 7, then all of the 3s are wild.
Two of Three
Win by having either two of these three: high hand, high spade or low spade. If
none have it then the game is re-dealt but those who folded wait till this
poker game ends.
Follow The Queen
If one of the face-up cards turns out to be a queen, then the following card will
be a wild card as will all cards of the same rank. Likewise if another queen
turns up. But if the last card that is dealt turns out to be a queen then
nothing is wild. If no queens turn up, then the hands are thrown in, and it is
dealt again to the online poker players that have not folded.
Touchies
If you are dealt two consecutive cards in the same suit, then both of those
cards are wild.
