7 Card Stud Hi / Lo
The 7 Card Stud Hi / Lo game is similar to 7 Card Stud, except that the pot is shared between the highest hand (as in the 7 Card Stud) and the lowest hand (which is based on a five- and below: see our Hand Ranking page for further information).
Before the start of the game, each player must place an "ante", a mandatory amount to ensure the presence of some money in the pot. There are no cards in Stud games. Instead, the dealer starts the handing of cards clockwise until each player has three cards. The first two cards are dealt closed ("hidden cards"), while the third is dealt open (the "door leaf").
7 Card Stud is divided into five rounds of betting and the direction of the bet around the table is clockwise.
Starting Betting
The game starts with the player with the lowest value card, who makes a forced bet called "bring-in" ("mandatory bet"). (If two or more players have the same lower card then the required bet is determined in alphabetical order of the color: swords, checkers, mugs and sticks.)
Third Street (Third Street)
Once the required bet is made, each player (starting from the player on the left of the player who made the initial bet) can fold, say "in" or raise up to the limit of the bet.
Fourth Street (Fourth Street)
He shares all of them with one more open card. At this point, the player with the two largest open cards starts the bet. Only in this betting round, if a player reaches an open pair, he can double the bet.
Fifth Street (Fifth Street)
He shares all of them with one more open card. Again, the player with the highest combination of open cards starts betting.
Sixth Street (Sixth Street)
He shares all of them with one more open card. The player with the highest combination of open cards starts the bet.
Seventh Street or River (Seventh Street
or The River)
He shares his last card to each player. The same player starts the bet and opens the previous round.
Showdown
Leaves are opened if there are two or more players left in the game. When the cards are opened, players reveal their cards and the highest card wins half the pot. The other half wins the lowest hand. The same player may have both the highest and the lowest hand, or there may not be any high hand, in which case the highest hand will win the entire pot.
The 7 Card Stud Hi / Lo game is similar to 7 Card Stud, except that the pot is shared between the highest hand (as in the 7 Card Stud) and the lowest hand (which is based on a five- and below: see our Hand Ranking page for further information).
Before the start of the game, each player must place an "ante", a mandatory amount to ensure the presence of some money in the pot. There are no cards in Stud games. Instead, the dealer starts the handing of cards clockwise until each player has three cards. The first two cards are dealt closed ("hidden cards"), while the third is dealt open (the "door leaf").
7 Card Stud is divided into five rounds of betting and the direction of the bet around the table is clockwise.
Starting Betting
The game starts with the player with the lowest value card, who makes a forced bet called "bring-in" ("mandatory bet"). (If two or more players have the same lower card then the required bet is determined in alphabetical order of the color: swords, checkers, mugs and sticks.)
Third Street (Third Street)
Once the required bet is made, each player (starting from the player on the left of the player who made the initial bet) can fold, say "in" or raise up to the limit of the bet.
Fourth Street (Fourth Street)
He shares all of them with one more open card. At this point, the player with the two largest open cards starts the bet. Only in this betting round, if a player reaches an open pair, he can double the bet.
Fifth Street (Fifth Street)
He shares all of them with one more open card. Again, the player with the highest combination of open cards starts betting.
Sixth Street (Sixth Street)
He shares all of them with one more open card. The player with the highest combination of open cards starts the bet.
Seventh Street or River (Seventh Street
or The River)
He shares his last card to each player. The same player starts the bet and opens the previous round.
Showdown
Leaves are opened if there are two or more players left in the game. When the cards are opened, players reveal their cards and the highest card wins half the pot. The other half wins the lowest hand. The same player may have both the highest and the lowest hand, or there may not be any high hand, in which case the highest hand will win the entire pot.