Card Stud |Poker Strategy|

This form of stud poker is becoming increasingly popular. Each player receives three cards before the first betting interval-two face down, dealt one at a time, then one card dealt face up. There is then a betting interval. Next, three more rounds of cards are dealt face up, one at a time, with a betting interval after each.

Finally, one more card is dealt face down to each player who has not dropped, after which there is a final betting interval and a showdown in which each player turns up his three face-down cards and selects five cards as his poker hand.

In six-card stud, the first card is dealt face down, the next four cards each face up, and the last card face down. There is a betting interval after each round of dealing from the second card on. In eight-card stud, the first two cards are dealt face down, the next four face up, and the last two cards face down, with a betting interval after each round of dealing from the third on. In each case a player chooses any five of his cards to be his poker hand in the showdown.