One of the original games of poker, Five card Stud, has fallen out of favor with the mass of people playing poker at present (at casinos as well as at internet poker sites), the game of Seven card Stud being a good deal more well-liked kind of stud poker games.

The game of Five playing card Stud has been seen by lots of gamers as too easy a poker game to take seriously. With only a single hidden card there has been little suspense in determining what the rest of the competitors hold, bluffing can only go so far, with good hands being easily seen by other players for an easy fold.

Despite these drawbacks the poker game has some followers, and so it is offered at a few web based sites.

This has been how you play a game of Five card Stud:

• All those playing ante up prior to the deal (table restrictions establish the amount of the ante necessary).
• All participants are dealt two cards, one card face down (the ‘hole’ card) and one card face up.
• A round of betting occurs, with the person displaying the maximum valued playing card leading off.
• All competitors are given another card, face up.
• Another round of wagering takes place.
• Another card is dealt (face up) to each player.
• Another round of wagering takes place, but for this round the minimum bet has been doubled.
• All participants obtain their final playing card, face up.
• One final round of betting occurs.

After the concluding betting round the remaining participants show their completed hand, with the most recent person to raise displaying their cards first. The player holding the highest regular poker hand wins the pot.

Wagering Note: Five Card Stud is different from Texas Hold’em and Omaha Poker games as the player holding the highest value face up set of cards wagers first for that round. The betting then continues in a clockwise direction around the table, but the first bettor for each round might change because the best cards showing moves around the table.