| Basic five-card stud is played, except that there is a betting round after the first cards are dealt face down, and another after each round of face-up cards is dealt, making five betting rounds in all. (Five-card stud normally has four betting rounds.) When playing conservatively, this game gives you the opportunity to fold after the first bad card. As in five-card stud, a pair usually wins. |
| This lively variation of five-card stud is sometimes called Flip, Pedro, or Peep-and-Turn. The betting is the same as in basic five-card stud except that all cards are dealt face down. After the first two cards are dealt, and then after each subsequent card is dealt, every player picks a single hole card and turns it face up. This option allows you to conceal or expose strategic cards at each stage of the game, in an attempt to keep your opponents guessing. Four-card straights and flushes are legal in this game, but a high pair will usually win. |
| All five cards are dealt face down. But after each player has been dealt two cards there is a betting round. Then each active player receives a third, fourth and fifth card with a betting round after each card. (Mike can be played with six or more cards.) There is no draw, and the showdown is for the best high hand. A pair will usually win, as in five-card stud. |
| Also called Canadian Stud or New York Stud, this variation of five-card stud features two special poker hands. A four-flush beats a pair but loses to two pairs or any higher hand. A four-straight also beats a pair but loses to a four-flush or any higher hand. The special hands tend to keep more people in the pot, but a high pair is still the likely winner. |
| This is a game of pure luck, but it does demonstrate the evaluation of basic poker hands for the novice player. Each player antes ten times the normal amount, then five cards are dealt face up to each player with the best high hand taking the antes. In the real world, this is usually (and rarely) played to claim odd chips left over from a large pot. A pair usually wins. See also Straight Poker. |
| Played the same as five-card stud except that only flushes and straight flushes may compete for the pot. The longest flush (five, four, three or two cards of the same suit) wins. In the case of a tie for length, the rank of the cards making up the tied flushes are considered as usual. It usually takes a three-flush to win. |
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