Online Poker Forum - QUESTION FOR SOMEONE WHO KNOWS 7-STUD FAIRLY WELL

24sooted · Flush Joined: 27 Oct 2005 Posts: 128

OK, after a live tourney i played monday, we got a cash game for 7-stud going and everyone started arguing right off the bat..
HERES the question:

how do you deal in 7-card stud? does the person who is dealing move around the table?? or is one person ALWAYS the dealer? ALSO, and heres the part i think i wrong -- my friends CLAIMS that whoever is showing high card/best hand not only BETS first, but also is DEALT TO first no MATTER who was dealt to first for the first 3 cards, im pretty sure this is wrong because then ud be dealing to a diff person first every round of betting if they make a better hand? SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!

also, when "bringing in" i am correct in thinking that u may either "bring in" for half a bet, or raise to a full bet right??

Jaconda78 · Moderator Joined: 06 Jul 2005 Posts: 4179

Bring in: you can bring it in for a full bet (it's not a raise, though - 4 raises are still allowed) or for a smaller amount, usually around 1/3 to 1/2 the small bet.

The person who bets first (with the exception of the bring in) is the one showing the best hand. This changes from round to round.

As for who is dealt to first, I copy pasted this out of full tilt's stud rules:

In seven stud, the deal position does not rotate as in blind games. The nominal deal position is indicated by a white disk called the stud button. The stud button is always by seat 8, and each new deal always starts at seat 1. The first card of each succeeding round always goes to the first active player (one who either has equaled all the bets thus far, or has gone all in, that is, run out of chips with which to call) to the left of the stud button. If you rotate the table to change your position, the stud button also rotates. This makes it clear where the deal position is. This is important in those few situations in which two or more players have identical boards. After the first round, if hands are tied, the hand closest to the left of the stud button begins the betting.

24sooted · Flush Joined: 27 Oct 2005 Posts: 128

thanks bro!

Jaconda78 · Moderator Joined: 06 Jul 2005 Posts: 4179

24sooted · Flush Joined: 27 Oct 2005 Posts: 128

Jaconda78 · Moderator Joined: 06 Jul 2005 Posts: 4179

Hah, no worries. I get a kick out of usually being the only girl at the game - and while there are other ladies on here (lepoppet was declared the best looking woman in poker, I believe), the assumption is still not a bad one to make.

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