Seven Card Stud and Its Variations
You have heard of the variations of five card stud. Right? Well, it goes to follow that seven card stud also has its own variations. After all, poker is a very versatile game.
In seven card stud, there can be two to eight players. The players in total receive four cards face up and three cards face down in a certain order. There are betting intervals in between the distribution of the cards. The players select five from seven of their cards. Discard two and head into a showdown.
A twist to seven card stud is seven card flip. Each player, starting with the player to the left of the dealer, gets four face down cards. These cards are dealt one at a time to each player. A player takes a look at these four cards. He then selects two cards that he has to turn over and show to the rest of the players. The players bet on their hands. When all the bets are in, the dealer proceeds with the game. The dealer, just like the regular seven card stud, deals two face up cards and one face down card to the players one by one. After each card is dealt, a betting interval occurs. The players select five cards for the showdown.
Believe it or not, seven card flip has its own variation. Instead of getting four face down cards, the players receive one face up and one face down card at the beginning of the game. A betting interval ensues. When all bets are in, the dealer distributes one face up and one face down card again to the players. Bets are placed again. For the third round, the dealer places again one face up card and one face down card for each player. The players bet yet again. The last round of dealing is when the dealer gives one face down card to each of the players. The players discard one face up and one face down card. Thus, the players' hands are composed of three face down cards and two face up cards. After the cards have been discarded, the final betting interval occurs then the showdown.
To get those chips moving quickly, players could play the variation woolworth. The rules during a seven card stud game apply here. However, fives and tens are wild. If a player is dealt a five face up, he must pay the pot five chips or fold. And, if a player is dealt a ten face up, he must pay the pot ten chips or fold.
Similar to woolworth, heinz somehow incorporates the same rules into the game. The rules of the original game is still played. But in this variation, fives and sevens are wild. Same as woolworth, in heinz the player dealt with either a five or a seven face up has to pay up. The only difference is the player has to match the pot or drop.
These are just some of the many variations to seven card stud in poker. Players select any of these variations depending on what kind of game do they want to experience. But no matter which variation a player chooses, the overall poker experience is there every single time.