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Five
card stud is a true classic, in fact, it's the earliest form of stud
poker. Poker aficionados will recall that Five card stud was the
'main game' in the classic heads up match between Johnny Moss and Nick "the
Greek" (back in 1949, this Moss/Greek battle was the precursor to the inaugural
World Series of Poker.) 5 Card Stud was also prominently featured in the classic
movie The Cincinnati Kid.
Five card
stud is a simple game: Each hand starts with antes: everyone at the table posts
a minimal wager. Every player is dealt one down card and one upcard. This is
followed by an initial round of betting.Each player is then dealt another upcard,
followed by another round of betting. Two more upcards are dealt, one at a time,
each followed by more bets (for a total of four betting rounds.) The player
with the best hand rakes the pot.
5
Card Stud – Game play Notes:
The player
with the highest upcard is always first to check or bet
(*except for the initial betting round: the opening 'bring-in' bet is made by
the person with the lowest valued upcard)
The betting
round typically doubles on the third upcard.
The game
can be played high-low split, with Aces playing both high and low
Sometimes
the game is spread with the last card dealt as a downcard rather than an upcard.
Or, in a similar vein, the game can be played with the first 2-3 cards dealt
face-
down.
Five Card Stud Strategy & Game play Tips
*Five Card
Stud is a game of high cards and pairs; Straights, flushes (etc) are rare.
Considering the above: don't draw for straights and/or flushes unless you have
three cards to a straight flush.
*In considering
hands to play: you should have a strong pair and/or at least one live card that
beats the board.
*It's generally
best to fold if you do not have at least a pair in the first three cards.
*If you
cannot beat the board and do not have a good draw to the best hand, then get
out of the hand.
*If you
have a strong hand, do not give free cards (good advice for most all poker games.)
*Five card
stud provides you with almost complete information. Only a single downcard is
hidden, so, you know with some certainty where you stand at any given time.
Intelligent opponents are going to give little action on most strong hands.
Your job is to be one of those intelligent players.
5 card stud
is a great game to play online: The average number of hands dealt per hour is
much higher than other games. If you're a decent player, you should do well
against the stud newbies that wander in just to try out the game.
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Five Card Stud 
