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The Game 5-Card Stud

5-Card Stud poker was at one time the favorite of all the poker games. Up until the Civil War 5 Card Stud was the game that poker players sat down to play. The game moved up the Mississippi River from New Orleans and then west in the saloons of the old west. During the Civil war the game became popular with soldiers on both sides of the conflict and a version of poker has remained popular ever since that time.

5-Card Stud is a relatively straightforward game to play as each player is dealt 5 cards one at a time. The first card is dealt face down and then one more face up. There are variations of how the gambling starts at this point, but the common way is for the lowest card showing to start the betting. A round of gambling follows the face up card. Those players that make the call are then dealt another face up card. A second round of gambling follows and those that call are dealt one more face up card. At this point every player has four cards. Any player with a high value pair has a very strong hand. A player with high cards still has a draw. The players who are still left in the game are then dealt the final face up card. The betting is concluded and the cards are turned face up. The holding the best high poker hand wins the 5 card stud hand and rakes in the pot. If a beginner wants to watch how the game was played back in the old days rent the film Cincinnati Kid and watch the play.

It is tricky to bluff the other players in the game as it is moderately straightforward to figure out what each player holds as his or her best hand. The trouble with the game is due to the fact there are so little hands that a game player may have in their five cards. The deficiency of variations has caused some of the other poker games to grow more and more popular amongst card players. Still it is an entertaining poker game variation which sometimes can be a change on a Saturday night.

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