7 Card Stud is today regarded as one of the most popular forms of poker. Stud poker was originally played with 5 cards but to make things more interesting and at the same time increase the size of the pot two (i.e more betting rounds) extra cards were added resulting in the 7 Card Stud game. 7 Card Stud quickly outgrew the 5 card variant in popularity and is today a very popular poker game.

There are a lot’s of 7 Card Stud games and tournaments around the world. Regardless if you play online or live there is always some game or tournament to be played.

To play 7 Card Stud succesfully you must (like most other games) study carefully. Here, in our poker school, you can learn the fundamentals of 7 Card Stud and quite quickly build game play which is stable and profitable. Naturally we can´t guarantee any winnings but after studying the chapters below (and also reading some of the books we recommend) we are sure you will be off to a good start. 

Why not give Holdém a rest and give 7 Card Stud a try…

Rules

First and foremost it’s important to learn the rules of the game. See the menu button ”rules” to your left.

(Please observe that we have no separate page for hand ranking (what hand wins) since it´s the same for all poker variations. A hand ranking for poker can be found in our poker school for Holdém here.)  

Starting hands

Patience is probably the most important characteristic of a good 7 card stud player. You must have the patients to wait for good starting hands. We recommend that you play tight and by that we mean few starting hands. See the menu button “Starting hands” for more information.

Strategy

In this strategy chapter we have summarized what we think are the most important things to consider when playing. This chapter is aimed to give you a quick understanding of 7 card stud so that you can find a game that works for you. That said, we still think that reading a few books is a good idea before perusing the higher limits of the game.

(If you would like you would like to learn more about the game please read our 7 card stud reading strategy which you will find here). 

H.O.R.S.E

Your probably wondering what HORSE stands for? HORSE is a fast growing variant of poker which is mainly played in tournaments. In HORSE a number of different poker variations are played and therefore it is often the most all round poker players that play this game. Since the game includes many of the popular poker variations it is regarded to be difficult. To be good at HORSE is highly regarded amoung the top players of the world. In WSOP HORSE has the highest buy in, 50 000$!

The reason why you have found this HORSE article under our poker school for 7 card stud is that out of the 5 poker variations played in HORSE three are based of 7 card stud. 

See menu button “HORSE” for more information.

Where does one play?

Most online poker rooms offer different types of stud games. We recommend (as we do for most other games) PartyPoker, but there are also a lot of games to be found at bet365 poker and Full Tilt Poker. Please see tab poker rooms for more information on the rooms we recommend.

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