Poker 5-Card Stud Variants

By Brian on Monday, March 23, 2009

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If you don’t know much about five-card stud poker, it is an easy poker version to learn, you just need to grasp some of the subtle poker rules of each of the poker 5-card stud variants.  As in the other types of poker games, in a five-card stud poker game, all players bet.  Each player is dealt two cards, one card is face up and the other is face down.  Usually, the person with the lowest exposed card has to place a small bet.

The third card is dealt face up and then a round of betting starts – the player with the best-exposed hand starts with the first bet.  The fourth card is then dealt, again it is face up.  Subsequently, the fifth and final card is dealt with its face down, again followed up by a round of betting.  However, some people play with the fifth card dealt face up to each player, so each player is left with only one card in the hole.

Soko

Soko is a poker game, which is played exactly like a 5-card stud game, except a 4 flush and a 4 straight are treated as hands.  For instance, a hand such as 1234Q is not queen high, but will be considered a 4 straight.  In soko, a 4 straight and a 4 flush are stronger than a pair but not a two pair.

Therefore, the new rank of hands will be:

  • Straight flush
  • Four of a kind
  • Full house
  • Flush
  • Straight
  • Three of a kind
  • Two pair
  • Four flush
  • Four Straight
  • Pair
  • High card

Satan

Satan is recognized as one of the poker 5-card stud variants with these extra features: pot-limit betting, high-low split the pot, last card being dealt up, and bet and show.

Best Flush

This online poker game is usually played as a type of a 5-card stud.  The hand hierarchy is with a Straight Flush on the top, 5-Card Flush second, followed up by 4-Card Flush, 3-Card Flush and 2-Card Flush.  The ties are broken first by the rank of the cards in the flush,  and thereafter by the rank of the cards in the hand.

Studded Guts High or Low

This game consists of a maximum of 6 players.  All of them ante, as in all poker games, except the dummy. Each player gets dealt 5 cards in succession, two cards face up, and three face down, including the dummy as well.  This is followed with a round of betting; after each face up card and the last down card – you must beat the dummy and/or any other player to win.

Think Before You Talk

By Brian on Friday, February 20, 2009

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Do you think before you talk, or talk before you think?

Someone was complementing another person the other day and I heard them say, “The great thing about Ian is that he is one of the few people who thinks before he talks”.  I think that is a wonderful thing to say about somebody and also a great quality for a person to have.

So many people blabber away, in fact the more they talk, the  more suspicious I get … then I start wondering if they really know anything about what they are talking about…

When it comes to poker rules, there is always someone at the poker table that seems to know it all, someone who talks before they think…

Most people know texas holdem poker rules, but when it gets to some of the other kinds of poker, then they start to get fuzzy about some of the detail.  If you are going to play one of the lesser known forms of poker then it is best to revise the poker rules so that no-one can tell you they know better.

Next time you head down to the casino or log onto your favorite online casino make sure you know the poker rules, in fact all the casino game rules…

A reputable internet gambling site will provide you with up to date casino game rules.  But it doesn’t take long to figure out how the game works… its figuring out how to win that takes longer!  Developing a winning strategy will take a while, but once you have it – your bankroll will grow.

To get your bankroll to grow even quicker, you have to take advantage of the best gambling offers and use them to boost your deposit.  That way you can play your casino games for longer and have a better chance of winning.

Another casino tip is to know everything about progressive payouts, as this can help online gamblers profit from their winnings and win the big prize!  Learn all the casino tips, know your stuff and think before you talk!