In casino play, it's common to use a small ante and bring-in. In home games, using an ante only is ⭕️ typical.

Seven-card stud is the "S" game in HORSE and similar mixed game formats.

Unlike draw poker, where no cards are ever ⭕️ seen before showdown, stud poker players use the information they get from face-up cards to make strategic decisions. A player ⭕️ who sees a certain card folded is able to make decisions knowing that the card will never appear in another ⭕️ opponent's hand.

"Down the River" is the basic variation of Seven-Card Stud Poker and this is the game played in poker ⭕️ rooms. "Mississippi" removes the betting round between fourth and fifth streets, making only four betting rounds. This game also deals ⭕️ the fourth and fifth cards face up. This makes the game more closely resemble Texas Hold'em by having the same ⭕️ betting structure and the same number of down and up cards. Another is "roll your own", in which four rounds ⭕️ of two cards each are dealt down, and each player must "roll" one card to face up, followed by a ⭕️ round of betting. Except for the first round, the card rolled may or may not be from the round just ⭕️ dealt. "Queens and after": in this variant, all Queens are wild, and so is whatever card that is dealt face ⭕️ up that follows the Queen. All cards of that kind are now wild, both showing and in the hole. The ⭕️ fun part is that if another Queen is dealt face-up, the wild card will change to whatever follows this Queen. ⭕️ The former card is no longer wild. "Baseball": in this variant 3s and 9s are wild, and a 4 dealt ⭕️ face up gets an extra card. "Low Chicago": Low spade in the hole gets half the pot. Similarly, "High Chicago" ⭕️ means high spade instead of low. Just "Chicago" can mean either. "Acey Ducey": aces and twos are wild. One-eyed Jacks ⭕️ or Suicide King can be specified as wild. Razz is a lowball form of Seven-Card Stud, with the objective being ⭕️ to get the lowest hand possible. In the variation called "Seven-Card Stud High-Low", the pot is split between the holder ⭕️ of the highest and lowest hand if the low hand is topped by at least an 8. Alternative names to ⭕️ this variation are Seven-Card Stud/8 and Seven-Card Stud Split.

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