FR3POKER

Seven Card Stud Poker is a poker variation with a very long history. It is one of the oldest games around and is used be the most popular poker variation until it was kicked from its throne by Texas Hold’em. This is definitely not to say that Seven Card Stud is an endangered specie. In contrary, seven card stud poker is still very popular. Particularly online.

Probably the most remarkable aspect of seven card stud is the ‘ante’. An ante is a small bet (about 10%) from the blinds and is mandatory for all players. Placing your ante is one of the first things you do after joining a table. All the players get dealt three cards: one open and the other faced down. The open card is also called ‘third street’. The player with the lowest third street is to place the ‘bring-in-bet’. For example: if you are at a $3/$6 table where the ante is $0,75 then the bring-in-bet should be $1,65 to make it as big as the total deposit. However this is all down to the player himself and the confidence he has in his card or his bluffing strategy.