Best Stud

Split-pot stud variant where the best high hand and any qualifying low (eight-or-better) divide the pot; a core component of mixed-game rotations including HORSE.

Seven-card stud lowball game where the best five-card low hand wins; aces count as low and straights and flushes are ignored, making A-2-3-4-5 the nuts.

Follow the Queen is a seven-card stud variant where the card dealt immediately after any exposed queen becomes wild, making it a highly volatile and unpredictable home game.

Low Chicago is a seven-card stud poker game that splits the pot between the highest overall hand and the player holding the lowest face-down spade in the hole.

High Chicago is a seven-card stud variant where the pot is split between the player with the highest poker hand and the player holding the highest spade face down in the hole.

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 known as Canadian Stud, is a five-card stud variant notable for introducing four-card flushes and four-card straights into the hand ranking system.

Early 20th-century casino standard featuring one down card and four exposed cards across four betting rounds, with no draw and substantial open hand information.

Midnight Baseball is a popular home poker variant related to Baseball, where seven cards are dealt face-down and revealed one by one until a player achieves the highest hand.

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 where players cannot look at their face-down cards until they are forced to reveal them one by one in a showdown against the previous player's hand.

Roll Your Own is a poker variant where players receive their cards face down and strategically choose which ones to expose, adding a psychological bluffing element to the game.

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 five-card poker game where players get all cards face down, notable for traditionally using a stripped 31-card deck that removes the eights, nines, and tens.

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.

Football is a poker variant based on seven-card stud where threes and sixes are wild cards, directly referencing the scoring system and downs of American football.

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.

Montana is a traditional draw poker variant where the lowest card held in a player's hand acts as a wild card, significantly increasing the frequency of strong hands.

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.

Heinz 57 is a traditional poker variant where 5s and 7s are designated as wild cards, directly referencing the famous Heinz company slogan and its associated variety.

Woolworth is a traditional home poker game where 5s and 10s are wild cards, an homage to the historic five-and-dime stores of the F.W. Woolworth Company.

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.

Murder is a traditional draw poker variant where a player dealt a specific unwanted hand, such as a pair, can declare a murder to force an immediate redeal of the cards.