Five Card Stud is one of the oldest poker games and was played often during the American Civil War times, however it is not played as often today as poker players prefer poker games of Texas Hold’em and others. This was also a game used in early years of the World Series of Poker but has faded from this tournament being replaced with more popular poker games.

Five Card Stud has many variations of the game such as hi or lo, Asian five card stud and others.

Deal

Five-card stud is dealt with one card face down and one card face up, starting with the player seated to the left of the dealer. When played with a bring in the player with the lowest face up card places the bring in bet, if there is no bring in then the player with the highest ranking face card places the first bet.

When the first round of betting is done there is another card dealt to each player face up, betting after this deal is done by the player with the best up card hand. The third card is dealt face up and betting is done by the best up card hand as well as the fifth card and betting round.

Third Street

This is the second card that is dealt face up and starts to form what will be a good hand or a bad hand. It also is a deciding factor which player will begin the betting for this round as the best up hand card starts the betting round.

Forth Street

This is the third card that is dealt face up and when added with the face down card equals for cards dealt. The three cards that are facing up and begin to tell the hand the player is holding also determines that the best face up hand begins the betting round.

River

The river is the fifth and final card that is dealt, and the betting begins in the same manor, however this is when players can also raise as all the cards have been dealt and the hands are complete.

The Showdown

The player who bets with a raise will be the first to show their hand by flipping the hole card or the face down card that makes the hand unknown to other players in the game.