How To Play Five Card Stud Poker
How To Play Five Card Stud Poker
Five Card Stud is similar to Five Card Draw, the difference being that you do not ever get a chance to replace cards in your hand and therefore do not get a chance to improve that hand. As in Seven Card Stud you get a hole card and four open cards for all to see. Most versions play the final card as a community card. Since there is no chance to improve your hand, the winning hands tend to be either pairs or high cards and it is hard to string people along to the final street. Some variants on Five Card Stud alleviate this by making the final card a pocket card allowing for some raises.
The Open
The hand starts with the dealer handing all player 2 cards. First cards dealt are a hole card and then the dealer follows up with an open card for all player. Wagering then begins, usually with the high open card going 1st and then following clockwise. This continues until betting is over. These are the 1st 2
