Seven-Card Stud: The Low Down! Part 2
In the last blog we touched a little bit on Seven-Card Stud and what the game actually is. Now, we are going to really dive in and talk about exactly what this particular version of poker is and how to play. Firstly, you know that Seven-Card Stud and Texas Hold ‘em are pretty close together in how they are played and while we talked about some of the differences in the last game, it is important that you look up more of the differences, so that way you do not play Seven-Card Stud just like you would Texas Hold ‘em!
Now, how do you play Seven-Card Stud? That’s an easy one. Firstly, the dealer is going to deal out two cards to each of the players at the table and those cards are going to be facedown. Another car is going to be dealt and that card is going to be faceup. This will become the start of your playing hand and just as any card game, the dealer will deal cards out clockwise around the table. Basically, the player with the lowest value card faceup is going to be the one betting first – this is dubbed a forced bet.
So what happens if three different players all have low cards? Well, the lowest to highest suits will come into play then to figure out who will be the forced better. The suits are, lowest to highest: Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts and Spades. More in the next blog folks!
