5 CARD STUD

Five Card Stud (also 5 Card Stud)

Five Card Stud is very similar to the Seven Card version; however the only difference is in the number of cards dealt. It is played with players being dealt five cards in four rounds, and they must make their best five card hand from the cards they have been dealt.

To begin the game, each player posts a small ante and then each player is dealt three cards. One face down and the other face up.

The player with the highest face up card beings the betting with a forced bet. This is called 'The Bring In' and is used similar to the blinds on Omaha and Holdem - to force the action. Play then progresses in a clockwise fashion with players either calling, raising to the lower limit (completing the bet) of folding their hand. There is a limit of three raises in any betting round.

Another card is then dealt face up, and is followed by a subsequent betting round. Following this round, the exact same takes place again - another card followed by another round of betting started by the player whose up cards make the best hand. There are now five cards dealt. This takes place one more time until a total of five cards have been dealt to each player. One face down, and four face up.

Finally comes the showdown. Any remaining players must show their cards and a winner is crowned and awarded the pot.

Five Card stud is summarized as 1 down, 4 up.

For more Five Card Stud information, see Wikipedia.