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7 Card Stud Rules and Game Play
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Before community-card games such as Hold'em and Omaha became popular, the most widely played poker variation was Seven-Card Stud.
Even now Stud is regarded as a more "pure" poker variation, as much for its historic past as its increased difficulty of play.
Seven Card Stud requires more attention and card-playing prowess, along the lines of Bridge or Gin, than a community-card game.
This is not to say that Stud is any better than any other variation, but it is a game worth knowing how to play. Every poker player should have the ability to play multiple variations of the game, and Seven-Card is one of the most popular and important.
The game of 7 Card Stud can be played with two to eight players at a table. The goal in Stud is the same as any other poker variation: win as many chips as you can, one pot at a time.
Stud has a lot of little rules and a few quirks, but it's a simple game at its core. The game can be broken up into four sections:
- Setup
- The Bring
- Betting Rounds
- Showdown
If you've just read the Texas Hold'em Rules and Game Play article, you'll notice that Stud has one more section. For players familiar to the rules and game play of a community-card game, the only completely new concept you'll learn in this article will be "the bring."
Setup
The first thing you need to do is get everyone at your table some chips. You will need a combination of chips that will allow for a big bet, small bet and an ante.
The size of the bets will dictate how large your game will play. A big bet is typically twice the size of the small bet, with the ante around 10% of the big bet.
Here's a chart of buy-ins and bets to give you some ideas. The buy-in amounts are the minimum amounts you would want to buy in for the stakes. If you want to be sure to have lots of chips, play with smaller stakes for the buy in - for example, use the bets for a $10 game, and buy in for $20:
| Recommended Buy-in | Big Bet | Small Bet | Ante |
| $100+ | $4 | $2 | 50¢ |
| $20+ | $1 | 50¢ | 10¢ |
| $10+ | 50¢ | 25¢ | 5¢ |
Once you all have chips, one player needs to grab the deck and shuffle up. It doesn't matter who starts as the dealer in a Stud game.
Betting Rules: Stud can be played in a variety of different betting structures. This article uses the most common structure: Fixed Limit. To learn about other various betting structures, head to this article (there will be another link at the bottom of this page):
Once the cards are shuffled, all players must ante. Antes are dead money, meaning they go immediately into the pot: any bets you make will be in addition to the antes.
Starting with the player on the dealer's left and moving around the table clockwise, the dealer deals every player two cards face down (all cards face down are known as as down cards or hole cards), followed by one card face up (this card is known as the door card, or window card. All cards face up are collectively known as up cards or show cards).
The Bring
In every form of poker, there is some determining factor as to how and where the action starts in the hand. In Hold'em or Omaha the action starts to the left of the big blind; in Stud it starts with the bring.
The player with the lowest-value door card is the one required to "bring it in." Here's what you need to discern the losing player for the bring:
- All cards are worth face value and face cards are valued from worst to best: Jack, Queen, King.
- Aces are high for the bring, which means they rank higher than a king.
- If two players have the same value low card, suits are used to determine the loser.
- Stud uses poker-suit ordering, alphabetic from worst to best: clubs, diamonds, hearts, spades.
The player required to bring has two choices. They can either bring by making a bet equal to the size of the ante, or they can complete the bet to the full amount of the small bet.
Betting Round One (Third Street)
The player to the left of the bring is next to act. That player has three options:
- Fold: They pay nothing to the pot and throw away their hand, waiting for the next deal to play again.
- Call: They match the amount of the bring.
- Raise: If the first player made a minimum bring (only brought the amount of the ante) a raise will be completing the bet to the amount of the small bet limit. If the first player completed their bring to the full small bet a raise would be doubling the small bet amount.
For example in a $20 game:
Min Bring
Player 1 brings 10¢
Player 2 can call 10¢ or complete to 50¢.
Max Bring (Completion)
Player 1 brings (completes) 50¢
Player 2 can call 50¢ or raise to $1
Play moves clockwise around the table one player at a time. A betting round ends when two conditions are met:
- All players have had a chance to act.
- All players who haven't folded have bet the same amount of money for the round.
Betting Round Two (Fourth Street)
Once the first betting round has completed, the dealer deals every player (always starting at the first live player to his or her left and moving clockwise around the table) one card face up, next to the first face-up card.
In this betting round, and every betting round to follow, the first player to act is decided by the value of the show cards. The player with the highest value show cards acts first. The value of show cards are ranked in the same order as poker hands.
On fourth street, with only two cards showing, the best possible hand would be two aces showing (A
A
to be exact). The worst possible hand would be 2
3. Any pair is better than any two non-paired cards; for example 2 2
is better than A K.
Suit ranks are used in the event of a tie for the highest-ranked show cards. When evaluating rank by suit, the value of the hand is determined by the suit of the highest ranking card. For example:
Player 1: A K
Player 2: A K
Player 1 has the better hand since the Ace of spades is of higher rank than the Ace of hearts.
Example 2:
Player 1: 3 3
Player 2: 3 3
Player 1 wins, since they have the Three of Spades, which is a higher ranked card than Player 2's Three of Hearts.
Once you have discerned the highest hand, that person acts first. They have the option to check (wager no money, and move the action to the player on their left) or bet the small betting limit.
The action moves from that player clockwise around the table one player at a time. Each player has the option to:
- Check (if no bet has been made).
- Call (match any bet made).
- Bet/Raise (If no bet is made, they can bet the small limit; if a bet has been made they can raise it by adding an additional amount to the bet, equal to the small limit).
- fold (throw away their hand).
Once every player has acted, and every player that has not folded has put the same amount of money into the pot, the betting round ends.
Betting Round Three (Fifth Street)
At the completion of fourth street, the dealer deals every remaining player another card face up, starting with the first live player to his or her left, moving clockwise around the table.
Once all the cards have been dealt, the betting round starts the same way fourth street started. The player with the best show cards bets first. Three of a kind is the best combination, followed by a pair, followed by the highest cards.
In this betting round, players bet using the big betting limit. Other than the size of the bets, this betting round is identical to fourth street.
Betting Round Four (Sixth Street)
Sixth street is identical to fifth street. Every player is dealt one card face up, and the highest valued show cards bets first. On sixth street, with four show cards for each player, the best possible show card value is four of a kind.
Sixth street betting uses the big betting limit.
The Final Betting Round (Seventh Street)
When the sixth street betting round is complete, the dealer deals one final card FACE DOWN to every player. Again, the dealer starts at the first player with cards to their left, and moves on clockwise around the table.
The player with the highest-ranked show cards in the previous betting round is the first to act in this betting round as well. The final card having been dealt face down does not affect the value of the four show cards.
The final betting round uses the big betting limit.
Showdown
Once the final betting round has been completed, the players still in the hand enter into the showdown. In the showdown, each player makes the best five card hand possible out of their own seven cards.
The remaining two cards are "dead" and have no value towards the hand at all. They are never used to evaluate the strength of a hand.
Evaluating Hands
Here are the rules for evaluating the winning hand:
- The poker hand ranking order can be found here. (there will be another link at the bottom of this page) There are no exceptions to this ordering, a flush always beats a straight, and three of a kind always beats two pair.
- There are no other hands used in Stud than the hands listed in this chart. For example, having three pairs is actually only "two pair" with the highest valued two pairs making your hand.
- Poker hands must be exactly five cards and only those five cards are used to evaluate the winning hand. For example:
- if the player holds 2 J Q K A 10 9
The player's best hand is a straight: 10
J Q K A - if the player holds 2
- If all remaining players have nothing, no pair or anything stronger, the winning hand is the hand with the highest valued single card. meaning:
- A 3 4 6 7 is a better hand than K Q J 9 8
- A J 9 8 6 is a better hand than A J 9 8 2
- A
Suits are never used to evaluate the strength of a hand. If two players have the exact same hand (disregarding the suits of the cards), the pot is split between the players.
Once you have discerned the winning hand, that player is awarded the pot. After the pot has been shipped, all players ante and are dealt their next hand. Unless you have a professional dealer, typically the role of dealer will rotate around the table, although it is not necessary for Stud.
Having one player as the dealer for the entire duration of the game will give no player an advantage or disadvantage during the game.
Random Rules
Fourth Street Open Pair: If a player pairs up their door card on fourth street (giving them a pair as the winning high hand for fourth street), the player has the option of checking, betting the small limit or betting the big limit.
If the player chooses to check, the next player to act inherits the same options (meaning they can check, or bet either the small or big limit).
If a player chooses to bet the larger betting limit, all bets and raises in that betting round must be in the big betting limit unit. For example in a $10-$20 limit game, if a player is dealt a pair on fourth street, they can bet $10 or $20.
If they choose to bet $20, the next player must fold, call $20 or raise to $40.
Capping the Bet: In any one betting round while there are three or more players still in the hand, there can only be one bet and three raises. Once the third raise has been made, the betting is "capped," meaning all future action in that betting round is restricted to calling or folding.
Running Out of Cards: If you are playing with eight people, it is not possible for every player to be dealt a full 7 cards, since there are only 52 cards in the deck.
If you ever get to the point where all eight players are in the hand until seventh street, instead of dealing every player one card, you must deal a single card face up in the middle of the table.
This card is used as a community card (like in Hold'em or Omaha). Every player shares that card as the seventh card of their hand.
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Comment(s) on this article
Dick Yager Mar 27, 2009
Sir; Would you please answer a situation that we have never encountered in 7 card stud? It's common knoweldge that the player with the higest hand bets, but who bets if the player holding the higest hand folds? Does the bet go to the next higest hand or does it pass to the left of that player? Thank you for your help. Dick Yager.
Sean Lind Mar 27, 2009
Hey Dick, if the action is thirdstreet, and we're talking about the bring, the person with the highest hand does not have a choice. If they fold, they are still required to pay the minimum bring.
After thridstreet, the highest hand has to act first, if they don't want to bet they have the option to check. If instead of checking they check out (fold their hand) the action continues from the player on their left.
ken koch Apr 1, 2009
Sir, I just got back from a H.O.S.E. tournament in Minnesota. The pit boss told me on 7 card stud that if there are 2 pair with the same kicker-split pot. A same straight-split pot but any flush of the same cards including 2 exact straight flushes then you go by who has the highest suit.(clubs, diamonds etc. My comment was I never heard of using a suit to determine a winner. He said that's the way it is all over and the head of the poker room was from Florida and they do it that way. I think they somehow lost a little in translation on the low card suit bringing it in. His comment was there are no ties when a flush is invovled. I am still scratching my head. Please get back to me.
Sean Lind Apr 2, 2009
That pit boss is mistaken, suits are never taken into account for determining a winning hand, only the bring.
If suits did count, then you would have to include suits for two pairs and straights as well.
Luckily two players having the exact same flush is extremely rare, so you'll probably never have to have this argument when it counts.
ken kcoh Apr 2, 2009
Thanks. One more question. I play no limit and I think its cheating but at the very least unethical to throw your hand away on a check. It influences peoples decision when to call becasue they know the person behind is not going to be in the hand. I questioned this at a Vegas casino and they said it was okay. Whe are not talking a 3-6 game but no limit where you could lose a $1000 hand. Could you comment on this?
thanks again
Sean Lind Apr 2, 2009
Hey, I have no problem with people checking out. When it's your turn to act you can do anything you want really. Check, Bet or fold, all up to you.
Just make sure that if you do it it's in turn.
Mary Lare Apr 15, 2009
Hi when playing seven card stud first can a person go all in?
Second what if he goes all in and there are still cards to deal?
This guy stated that I could no longer bet and the dealer just had to give out the remaining two cards. I had a very good hand and wanted to continue to bet....... Can I?
Tom Cameron Apr 16, 2009
I know next to nothing about poker rules so I want to know why, and under what circumstances, a person who is dealt a pair of (i.e.) kings or tens, will turn them over to have a double chance instead of holding the pair hidden. Thanks.
Sean Lind Apr 25, 2009
Mary, firstly, sorry for the delay in answering (I was on vacation)
Firstly, You can go all in in Stud.
If your opponent is all in, and there are no more players in the hand, no more betting is possible (any bets you make, no one can call, so you're just betting with your self)
If you there are more players in the hand still you can keep betting into a side pot with those players. The all in player can only win the main pot, all additional betting he can not take.
Sean Lind Apr 25, 2009
Tom, I'm sorry but I don't know what you're asking.
A double chance of what?
I really have no idea what you're asking here. A player will never turn their hole cards up in a stud game until the showdown. No exceptions really.
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Ralph Timmie May 28, 2009
If you have three players still in the game say after fourth street is dealt. Player 2, 3, and 4. After 4th street is dealt player #2 folds his cards and tosses them into the dealer and the other 2 players check. When 5th street is dealt player #2 who folded gets a card dealt to him, Why?
Rt
Sean Lind May 28, 2009
Good question Ralph.
In the situation you describe, player 2 checks-out. Technically this player should have checked and seen a free card with the other players. Since there was no bet, there was no reason for this player not to see that card.
The reason a card is dealt to player 2, is because if you don't deal a card to player 2, players 3 and 4 receive cards that they would not have gotten if player 2 would have checked.
Because it doesn't make any sense to check-out (in the eyes of the rules), all it does it mess up the cards the other players should have had.
Instead of telling a player that they're not allowed to check out, you simply deal a card to Player 2 and move on.
Ralph Timmie May 28, 2009
Mr. LInd...
Thanks a lot. Do you know where a person can obtain the complete rules for the poker games. Draw, 7 Stud, 5 Stud, low ball, razz, etc...
That was a great answer...
Rt
Sean Lind May 29, 2009
Ralph, I wrote complete rules for all of those games, you can find them by clicking poker rules (the link is near the right bottom of the top blue banner)
These should let you know most everything you need to know.
As usual, any questions you have, just post them in the comments.
-SL
Joe Farruggio Jun 14, 2009
Ater the last card has been dealt to the 3 remaining players In a seven card hi-lo stud game, it is found that 1 player has 7 cards, another player has 8 cards and the 3rd player has 6 cards. No one remember which of the second players open 5 cards belongs to the player with 6 cards. What are the poker rules for this situation?
Sean Lind Jun 16, 2009
Joe,
This is quite the oddball situation. There is no "official" ruling on this situation, and it how it's resolved will change from table to table, room to room.
There are only a few options here though:
1) you can chop the pot 3 ways (I don't like this, and this will almost never happen in a casino)
2) You can kill player 2's hand, and deal player 3 a 7th card. (this I also don't like)
finally, 3) You kill both hands without 7 cards, and give the pot to player 1.
Regardless of what you do, someone will be upset with the ruling. The way I see it, only one player has a legitimate hand, capable of winning the pot. You need 7 cards to have an eligible hand.
Even though it's probably player 2's fault, for stealing one of player 3's cards, both players suffer for not paying more attention.
If I was the floorman, the pot goes to player 1.
ken koch Jun 28, 2009
I was involved in a tournament that paid 3 places. There was 4 of us left. I was the small blind with 1400 left. Blinds were 4-800. The big blind was all in for 800. The chip leader called the 800. I had 8-9 suited so I called 400. I had 600 left. The flop came an 8 nothing. The chip leader checked I checked. The next card came a 5. The chip leader put me all in. I called because I finished 3rd if we beat the dead hand in the big blind. 2 against one is an advantage. The big blind won knocking me out. Me buddy at he table said I sould have waited. In 2 hands I am all in in the big blind. Could you please commet. Thanks for your in put.
Sean Lind Jul 3, 2009
Ken,
You definitely made a couple of mistakes here. Firstly, with a stack that small, you're only looking to play "push or fold".
You don't have enough chips to be calling preflop, it's almost guaranteed suicide.
You should have folded, and hoped the chip leader took out the big blind. When the big blind wins, you're now on the button, you have three hands to choose an all in now.
In push or fold poker, it's all about having a high card. having any Ace in your hand is better than 8-9 Suited, which is only really valuable in deep stacked situations.
jim schlo Jul 5, 2009
Hello,in reference to Mary Lare(4/15/09),the player went all in,does that mean I have to match his bet??,also if the all in player wins,since he can only take the main pot,what happens to the side bet?is that a separate hand with the other 2 players?thanks,jim(great site),I'm only learning.
Sean Lind Jul 7, 2009
Jim,
When a player goes all in, you have to match their bet, failure to do so is a fold.
When there is a side pot, there will be two winning hands (although a player eligible for both pots can win both with their one hand)
The all in player can win the main pot, while you can win the side pot with a hand worse than the all in player, but better than the other player in the side pot.
Ken Koch Jul 10, 2009
Thanks. I will be more careful next time.
Gary Jul 22, 2009
Mr. Lind,
Please assist with this situation that occurred last night....In a game of 7 card stud, follow the queen.....As the third up cards were being dealt, a folded player was accidentally dealt in, resulting in an extra card being exposed (which happened to be a queen)....The cards from the folded player on were shifted one position down, resulting with the queen being exposed...One player suggested that the queen gets buried....Another player suggested that the queen gets placed on top, to be dealt as an exposed card similar to 5 card draw, or as if the last hole card was accidentally exposed...Do you know the correct answer?....Thanks for your assistance.
Sean Lind Jul 22, 2009
Gary,
Because follow the queen isn't a variation of poker found in many.. if any.. legit poker rooms, I'm not sure there is an official ruling on this one. But this is how I would have done it:
Firstly, shifting the cards down is always the correct way to start.
The queen exposed would have been the sixth-street burn, thus it wouldn't have changed the wild card, and would hever have been seen. The only way to keep the integrity of the hand to a maximum would be to put it back on the top, and burn it as you would an exposed 5-card card (like your friend suggested).
The queen always should have been that burn, thus it makes no sense to change that. The only difference is everyone has now seen the card.
Sonam Aug 10, 2009
Hi Lind,
Hope all well at your end. I have a couple of questions related to 7 card stud as I am new to it.
1. Once 3rd street is dealt the player with the lowest show card needs to take an action right. Now suppose i am that player and i dont wnat to post bring in and I leave the tabl. Will the bring in still be posted in my behalf.
2. After 4th Street is dealt the player with the highest show cards takesan action first. So suppose the playerwith the highest card dos not take an action of Bet but folds his/her hands the who will start this betting round.
3. In practical scenario in online gaming clients if all 8 players are playing and there are supposed to play the game then the 7th street is an open card known as community card and shared by all players is it? As in some other places i read that the flded acrds are used by the system for the 7th street
4.I understand from your article that there is no significance of the dealer here but still does the dealer shift in a clockwise direction like that in Texas Hold'em
5. You have mentioned in your article about the Random Rule - Fourth Street Open Pair - Is this rule usually implemented everywhere in online gaming
6. Capping the Bet is usually in Fixed Limit right?
7. The Bring in is somethign like Small Blind . Isthis right or wrong.
8. In 4th street ur article says says " Once you have discerned the highest hand, that person acts first. They have the option to check (wager no money, and move the action to the player on their left) or bet the small betting limit" . This player will also have the option to fold right?
9. in $10/$20 what is the Ante, Samll Bet, Big Bet and Bring - in
10. As i read about that if there are 3 players andone player say Player 2 leaves and Player 3 and 4 checks still Player 2 is given the cards. Does this continue till the end of the hand. Is the Player 2 who had folded is given cards all the time.
I would be very grateful to you if you could answer the above fo me. It will help me to understand this game better......
Thanks a Ton,
Sonam Aug 10, 2009
Hi,
In addition to the above question i have one more question.
Please confirm if there are not enough cards to deal the seventh street then we say that there is a community card that is dealt face upo and this card is shared among the players o the able.
Now who starts the betting for this round.
1. Player who has the highest show hands which includes the community card too (here we consider 5 up cards)
2. Player who ha the highest hand in the previous round (here we consider 4 up cards)
Thanks
Sean Lind Aug 10, 2009
Wow Sonam... that's a lot of questions
1) once you are dealt into the hand at all, you are required to bring the minimum if you have the lowest, even if you don't want to play anymore.
2) The player with the highest cards starts action, but this action can be a check. If they check, the action moves to the player to their left, and around the table.
3) If the deck runs out of cards to fill the rest of the players hands, one community card is used in place of 7th street.
4)The only reason you will ever shift the dealer, or use a dealer button in Stud, is if you're playing a mixed rotation game, and need to remember how many hands you've played. If you're not, the dealer doesn't matter, you can rotate just so one player isn't dealing the whole time
5)The open pair is always a rule in all places stud is played. It's not "optional", it's part of the game.
6) Fixed Limit always does, but sometimes Spread Limit and Pot Limit all have a betting cap as well. This depends on the local house rules.
7) a min bring is usually the size of the ante, and you can complete it to the full small bet.
8) No, since it's free to check, that is what you're supposed to do. Even though no one can stop you from folding when you could have checked (it's known as "checking out"), it's not the best idea, as it gives the other players information they shouldn't have had in the hand.
9) Although you can really do it anyway you like, in $10-$20 the ante would usually be $2. The bring is typically the same as the ante, or you can complete to the small bet ($10)
10) I'm not 100% on this right now, but as far as I know you should only deal that "empty hand" on the next street. After that it's treated as a folded hand.
11) The upcard on 7th street is used, but you start the betting with the player who had the best show cards on 6th street. (7th street is supposed to be dealt face down, so it would never have changed the betting order)
Sonam Aug 10, 2009
HI Lind ,
A very prompt reply I should say. It has helped me to understand the game better... however i have few more clarifications:
They are as follows:
1> Point 2 -> I am confused - After 4th street is dealt the Player with highest show hands does not get an option to Fold - He/she gets only Check and Bet am i right? Or des he get this option?
2> Point 11-> My case was there are 8 players and not sufficient cards left -? hence we say the 7th street is a community card -> NOw this community card is face up card right. So now how do we determine the highest hand. Do we use only 4 upcards and the player with 4 upcards with highest hands starts the round OR do we use 5 upcards - as now the 7th street is also face up and zPlayer who has highest show hands i.e 5 upcards starts the betting. Here in this case 7th street is face up. So the highest hand could change is it?
Hence thanks a ton for all your answers above..... It ahs really been helpful. I would be grateful if you could answer these twpo for me too....
Thanks again.....
Sean Lind Aug 11, 2009
Sonam,
1) If there is no bet to you ( you're first to act, or the people before you have checked), you have no reason to fold, you can just check (checking is always free). Folding is not really an option here.
2) When using a community card (7th street face up), you start betting with the best hand, using only their 4 up cards. Unless they folded, betting will start with the same person who started on 6th street.
-SL
Sonam Aug 11, 2009
Hi Lind,
Thanks a ton for your answers.
It has really helped me a lot.......
Thanks Again,
Regards,
Sonam
sobodo Aug 14, 2009
I have a follow up question regarding the situation where one player had 7 cards, one player had 6 cards and one player had 8 cards. If the error was discovered just as the player had scooped up the 2 cards but they were combined with his first two cards before he could be stopped, what would happen? I guess the player with 8 cards would have his hand ruled dead, but what would you do about the player with 6 cards, since it wasn't his fault.
Sean Lind Aug 17, 2009
Sobodo,
In a situation like that the only fair way I can see the hand being ruled would be to kill the 9 card hand, and deal the 6 card hand a new card from the top of the deck.
This is one of those poker scenarios where the hand is f****ed up, and all you can do is try to minimize damage, and protect the innocent. It would be unjust to kill the 6 card hand in this scenario.
Sonam Aug 24, 2009
Hi,
Just wanted to confirm.. when we say
"Antes are dead money, meaning they go immediately into the pot: any bets you make will be in addition to the antes" .
My Question is a Player eligible to win the Main Pot which also containes the Ante or main Pot does not contain the ante . and ante is taken by the house...
Looking forward for your reply...
Thanks,
Sonam
Sean Lind Aug 25, 2009
Sonam,
Ante's are always part of the main pot. Antes are used to start action for the hand, since no one will want to bet or raise to win nothing.
Dead money just means it's not part of your bet, you can't get it back if you fold. It's part of the main pot, and that's where it will stay.
jimmy Sep 3, 2009
on $2-$4 limit 7 card stud.on 4thstreet,player bet$2 ,can the next player raise to $6,than cabbed at$14.
Sean Lind Sep 3, 2009
It's limit, on 4th street
1st bet - $2
1st raise - $4 (total)
2nd raise - $6 (total)
3rd raise - $8 (total)
This is a cap in most places. In vegas they'll typically allow you 4 bets, making the cap $10.
MICHAEL lADD Sep 8, 2009
Hi Mr.Lind,
I'm going for an audition tomorrow to get a job as a poker dealer. I have 2 questions to ask:
1- On 7 Card Tournament play what happens if dealer deals card to an empty sit?
2-On 7 Card what happens if dealer deals to a player who's not at the table/
Thank you
Sean Lind Sep 9, 2009
Hey Michael,
If a dealer deals a hand to an empty seat I'm pretty sure it's a misdeal, and the deal must start over again.
If a player leaves their seat you must take their ante, and bring for them if their hand requires it.
The hand is live until the player returns, or someone makes a bet. If no one raises the bring, leaving the hand live you must deal cards to the hand until someone makes a bet. With no one in the seat to call the hand is dead, all up cards turned down.
Sonam Sep 24, 2009
Hey Sean,
How are you doing. I was just playing some games and then came up with a scenario related to creation of pots. Hope you can help me clarify this doubt ofmine.
Table Stake - 4/8
Player A - Small Blind 2
Player B - Big Blind 4
Player C - All-In 5
Player D - All - In 6
Player E - Call 6
Player A - Folds
Player B - Call 2
Round of betting is over hence creation of pots take place
Now as per the rule on how Side pots are created is the following craetion of pots correct:
Main Pot - 5(C)+5(D)+5(E)+2(A)+5(B)
Side Pot 1 - 1(D)+1(E)+1(B)
I.e. even if Player 1 doesnot have sufficient money stil in this scenario this amount goes to Main Pot as shown above.
Let me know if this understanding is true or false
Looking forward for your reply,
Sonam
Sean Lind Sep 24, 2009
Hey Sonam,
You're absolutely correct.
The pot going to the flop is $25
Main pot = 22
Side pot A - 3
Any betting post flop will be in side pot B for players E and B.
Carlos Oct 1, 2009
Hi,
The dealer must give cards to all players in all rounds ? When "folded players" receive cards ?
Sean Lind Oct 2, 2009
Carlos,
A folded player is never dealt any more cards, but a player who "checks-out" will be.
If on 4th street with 3 players left:
Player 1 checks
Player 2 Folds
Player 3 checks
In this situation, player 2 checks-out. Technically this player should have checked and seen a free card with the other players. Since there was no bet, there was no reason for this player not to see that card.
The reason a card is dealt to player 2, is because if you don't deal a card to player 2, players 3 and 4 receive cards that they would not have gotten if player 2 would have checked.
Because it doesn't make any sense to check-out (in the eyes of the rules), all it does it mess up the cards the other players should have had.
Instead of telling a player that they're not allowed to check out, you simply deal a card to Player 2 and move on.
Carlos Oct 4, 2009
Thanks Sean!
Tyler Nov 4, 2009
quick question, in a 8 handed game, what happens if no one folds...7 cards each 8 players = 56 cards?
Sean Lind Nov 4, 2009
Tyler,
When that happens in Stud, the final street is dealt face up as a community card.
8*6+1 = 49 cards.
This is also why you don't burn when dealing stud.
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