Five-Card Stud Rules
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Betting Rules
Object
of the game
To
finish with the best poker hand, and win the pot!
Credits
You
must have enough credits to place an ante and a bet.
Sequence
of play
- Players
place an ante on the table. The ante is set by the card room, and is
not applicable in games where increments are $0.50/$1.00.
- Players
are dealt two cards - one pocket card and one visible card.
- The
player with the lowest value card "brings-in" the betting.
- Round
of betting.
- Second
round deal - all Players are dealt their 2nd visible card.
- Round
of betting.
- Third
round deal - all Players are dealt their 3rd visible card.
- Round
of betting.
- Fourth
round deal - all Players are dealt their 4th visible card. (Each Player
should now have 1 pocket card and 4 visible cards)
- Final
round of betting.
- The
Showdown! All remaining Players display their hand. The highest hand
wins the pot!
Betting
Rules
- As
per normal poker rules - playing and betting proceeds in a clockwise
direction.
- All
Players must first ante before they receive their initial cards, except
the $0.50/$1 game which has no ante.
- There
are four betting rounds in a complete game of Five-Card Stud, not including
the ante.
- In
the first round of betting, the Player with the lowest value door card
"brings-in" and starts the betting - equal to at least half the minim
bet for the game. In proceeding rounds, the Player with the highest
hand initiates the betting. If hands tie, the Player to the left of
the dealer acts first.
- Betting
increments in the game determine the bets. In a game of $2 and $4 betting
increments, the first two rounds of betting and raising are set at the
lower level of $2, the other three rounds of betting and raising are
set at the higher level of $4.
- The
maximum allowable number of bets per Player during any betting round
is four. This includes a (1) bet, (2) raise, (3) re-raise, and (4) cap.
The term cap is used to describe the 3rd raise in a
round since betting is then capped and can't be raised further. Once
capped, Players will have only the option of calling or folding.
- In
betting rounds where Players have folded, the first active Player to
the left of the Disc/Dealer is first to act.
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