How to Play 5 Card Stud

An earlier game of poker, Five playing card Stud, has fallen out of favor with the bulk of individuals playing poker these days (at casinos as well as at online poker sites), the game of Seven playing card Stud being a good deal more common variety of stud poker games.

Five card Stud has been a fairly easy game, some believing it has been too easy to keep players involved for long periods of time.  With but one hidden playing card there is not much tension in determining what other participants possess, bluffing can only go so far, with good hands being easily seen by your opponents for an easy fold.

That said, it possess some charm, and at present there are still a handful of sites where Five card Stud has been played.

When playing a game of Five playing card Stud you carry out the following:

• Before the game being dealt all of the players have to ante up (the table limits will establish the ante size).
• Every participant gets two playing cards, one is dealt face down (referred to as the ‘hole’ playing card) and one dealt face up.
• Wagers are made, beginning with the player showing the maximum valued playing card.
• All players get a further card, face up.
• There’s a further round of wagering.
• Each player gets another card, face up.
• More betting takes place, but for this round the smallest wager has been doubled.
• All participants are given the last playing card, face up.
• One closing round of betting happens.

After all of the participants have had the chance to place their concluding wagers the hands are displayed, with the person that made the most recent raise displaying her or his hand first.  The person displaying the winning poker hand wins the pot.

Betting Note: The betting order in Five Card Stud is not the same as that used in Texas Hold’em and Omaha poker games with the person having the best face up set of cards starting the betting in the round .  Betting goes from that player in a clockwise direction, although the person who begins the betting is likely to be different every time since the best face up set of cards will likely belong to a different person in each round.