5-Card Stud
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Playing the game:
To start the game a small ante is put down by all the players and then each player is
dealt 2 cards, one of these is face down and the other is face up.
The first round of betting then begins with the player who has the lowest face up card.
After the betting round is completed the players who are still left in the game are
dealt out a second face up card, in stud games this is known as the “Third
Street”. This is followed by another round of betting beginning with the player who
holds the current best hand.
The remaining players are then dealt out another face up card known as “Fourth
Street” and at this point each player has four cards. 3 face up and 1 faced down.
Once again after the card is dealt out there is another round of betting.
Those players that call are then dealt a final face up card called “The
River”. The final betting round is then completed and all of the cards are turned
face up. The player holding the highest poker hand wins the hand and rakes in the pot.
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At one time 5-Card Stud poker was the favorite of all the poker games, it was the first form of stud games to be played. It was the game that all poker players sat down to play until the American Civil war. During the conflict the game grew in popularity amongst players on both sides of the war. The game then moved up the Mississippi River from New Orleans and then into the saloons of the old west and the game has remained popular ever since.
