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Seven-Card Stud is a classic poker variant where players receive seven individual cards throughout the game. It’s notable for its reliance on hand strength built solely from these dealt cards, unlike modern community card games. The game utilizes a bring-in betting round and subsequent rounds based...
Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo is a split-pot poker variant that divides the final pot between the highest-ranking poker hand and the lowest-ranking qualifying hand. The game uses the traditional seven-card stud format, where players receive a combination of face-up and face-down cards over multiple betting...
Razz is a seven-card stud poker variant in which the objective is to make the lowest possible five-card hand. Aces count as low, and straights and flushes do not reduce the value of a hand, so the best standard holding is A-2-3-4-5. Players receive a combination of face-down and face-up cards over s...
Follow the Queen is a seven-card stud variant used mainly in home games. When a queen is dealt face up, the next exposed card becomes wild, and a later exposed queen can cause the wild rank to change again; tables may differ on how consecutive queens and the final wild card are handled. Players stil...
Low Chicago is a home-game variant of seven-card stud poker in which the pot is divided into two portions. One portion is awarded to the player with the highest conventional poker hand, while the other goes to the player holding the lowest spade among the two private cards dealt face down. The exact...
High Chicago is a home-game variant of seven-card stud poker that divides the pot between two separate objectives. One half goes to the player with the highest standard poker hand, while the other goes to the player whose face-down private cards include the highest spade. Rules for comparing tied sp...
3-5-7 is a comparison poker game where players separately compete against a dealer using three progressively larger hands of three, five, and seven cards to win respective payouts.
Sökö, also called Canadian Stud or Scandinavian Stud, is a five-card stud poker variant associated especially with Finland and other parts of Europe. It retains the basic structure of five-card stud but adds two hand categories to the usual ranking system: a four-card straight and a four-card flush....
Five-Card Stud is a poker variant in which each player receives five cards, usually with one card dealt face down and the remaining cards exposed one at a time. Betting takes place between deals, and players must make decisions with substantial information about their opponents' visible cards. The g...
Midnight Baseball is a home poker variant related to Baseball, a form of stud poker. Its defining feature is that seven cards are dealt face down and exposed one at a time, with play continuing as information about each hand is revealed. Rules vary among home games, including the treatment of wild c...
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly is a complex home poker variant named after the iconic 1966 Spaghetti Western, featuring special community cards that introduce wilds and discards.
No-Peek is a poker variant in which players receive cards face down and are not allowed to inspect them during the deal. Cards are revealed one at a time, usually as players compare their developing hands with the previous player in the sequence. The game is related to stud poker but replaces ordina...
Roll Your Own is a stud-style poker variant in which players receive cards face down and choose which card to turn face up. The player therefore controls part of the visible information at the table while keeping other cards hidden from opponents. This creates a mix of hand evaluation, uncertainty,...
Oxford Stud is a hybrid poker variant combining elements of Texas hold 'em and seven-card stud, notable for dealing four hole cards and five shared community cards.
Mexican Stud is a poker variant derived from five-card stud in which players receive cards through a sequence of private and exposed cards. A common rule allows a player to choose or reveal a card during the deal, creating an element of control that is absent from ordinary stud. Versions of the game...
New York Stud is an early American poker variant and predecessor to modern five-card stud, frequently mentioned in historical gambling literature of the late 19th century.
Action Razz is a variation of traditional lowball Razz poker designed to increase player participation and pot sizes by implementing modified betting rules or wild cards.
Black Mariah is a seven-card stud variant where a player can win the entire pot by holding both the highest overall hand and the highest spade face down in the hole.
Five-Card Option is a classic home draw poker variant that allows players to purchase additional cards or drawing opportunities, increasing the pot size and strategic complexity.
Take It or Leave It is a draw poker variant similar to pass the trash, where players are offered unwanted cards and must decide whether to keep them or pass them to an opponent.
Mexican Sweat is a dramatic poker home game where players are dealt hands face down and reveal them one card at a time, usually accompanied by a high-low split pot format.
Split-pot variant of five-card stud where the highest and any qualifying lowest hand divide the pot, combining open-card stud visibility with split-pot strategy.
Shifting Sands is a poker variant utilizing community cards, notable for designating one specific card as wild, which then shifts to the next card whenever a player folds.
Stud variant dealt with six cards mixing face-down and face-up distribution across betting rounds, occupying a middle ground between five- and seven-card stud.
Dr. Pepper is a classic draw poker variant where 10s, 2s, and 4s are designated as wild cards, a nod to the historic 10-2-4 advertising slogan of the soft drink.
