Tips on Playing 5-Card Stud


by Thomas Kearns - Date: 2010-09-19 - Word Count: 612 Share This!

Five card stud poker has a long colorful history in the world of poker. It is one of the first varieties of poker in recorded history and was popular a long time ago and it remains so today. As you know, poker does not consist of just one game but a variety of games, and while one of the varieties is stud poker, even under this one umbrella, you will discover many varieties: spread limit, fixed limit, no limit, pot limit and any number of combinations of all of these. Some see 5-card stud as one of the more simplistic poker games, but to be successful at it requires a deeper comprehension of betting, positions and card combinations. Winning stud players, as in any of the other poker types, do not stick with one tried and true strategy but have a mix of strategies, sometimes varying it with every move and recalculating the odds as they do so.

Texas Hold'em is the most popular form of poker played today with 5-card stud also popular in cash and tournament play. Five Card stud is not usually present in major tournaments, however it does show up quite often with traditional and cash players and those tournaments whose sole offering is 5-card stud.

Playing the Game of 5-Card Stud Poker

The game commences with each player being dealt one card face up and one face down. There are games played with a rule that the player having the lowest face-up card starts the ante (in a tie, the player with the largest ante proceeds) and the first round of betting ensues. Upon completion, another deal of face-up cards goes round the table. The player with the highest scoring visible card acts next, beginning the second round of betting. Two more rounds of face-up cards is dealt in the same way. At the end of game, the one with the highest scoring hand wins the pot. The highest scoring hand is determined by each player laying all five cards on the table face up.

Ideal 5-Card Stud Strategies to Adopt

Because the game consists of only five cards in a hand, you can pretty much forget about drawing to straights and flushes. This fact may seem to make 5-card stud more straightforward than other poker types, but really all it means is that you need to concentrate on drawing to three of a kind, pairs, high cards or any combination thereof. It is a wise move to restrain your betting toward draw hands with their low odds, but you should bet with less constraint toward dual draws where the odds are far better to draw a straight or a different, stronger hand altogether.

When the game is young, most players will bet toward drawing a pair, high cards or any combination adding up to a high score. With this in mind, attention must be paid, and close attention at that, to which cards other players are holding and go for the pot only if you fail to obtain an ace or better in your first three draws. Since the game is somewhat conservative, every opportunity is given to the bluff. Letting your bluffs be known can help you to gain optimum effectiveness in semi bluffing and the formation of a more aggressive strategy when you draw into a robust hand.

The very directness of 5-card stud poker attracts many a traditional player because of the easier reading of opponents tells and signing. Because of this, you must pay strict attention to the hands that your opponents are folding on and learn volumes for reference in subsequent rounds. The better you are at this insightful technique, the more money you will walk away with.


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