Poker Strategies
After receiving pocket cards, you are immediately faced with a choice: play your cards and either raise or call the blinds, or fold.
Practice Matters
92. Flip Seven Card Stud
92. Flip Seven Card Stud In this variation of Seven Card Stud, four face-down cards are dealt to each player. After examining them he may turn up any two. There is a betting interval, then play proceeds as in regular Seven Card Stud, with three more cards dealt, two up and one down, a betting interval following each.
In another variation, each player first receives two cards, one up
In another variation, each player first receives two cards, one up and one down, followed by a betting interval; then another two cards, one up and one down, and another betting interval; then two cards, one up and one down, a third time, and a betting interval; then a seventh card face down. Each player then discards one of his facedown cards and one of his face-up cards, leaving himself with three concealed cards and two exposed cards. The final betting interval and showdown follow.