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In my opinion seven card stud is the toughest poker game to master. There are many cards to track and they often disappear very quickly. The game often moves slowly meaning you have to learn to remember the cards for long periods of time. It takes a sharp mind to remember each card and calculate the odds based on the ones you have seen since the start of the hand.
This can all be very complicated to digest. The simplest explanation I can provide is to give you an example. Imagine you have two spades face-down and two spades face-up. This leaves nine in the deck minus the spades you have seen to this point from your opponents. Let’s say you have seen three spades folded by the other players. In this scenario you have three more cards coming and six more possible spades you can be dealt to make your flush. What are your chances of getting these spades? This depends on who has folded and who is still in the game. The players who folded immediately got rid of one visible card. The players still in the hand each have two visible cards. You have to know how many cards you have not seen yet to get your chances of finding one of the six spades you need. You should find an article on pot odds to get a complete explanation of everything involved.
Seven Card Stud is also a game of bluffing. Often a player with the only Ace showing face up will be able to take the pot simply by betting as if he or she has another Ace face-down. A possible high pair early in the hand is often all it takes to rake in a pot in Seven Card Stud. In a Seven Card Stud game with an ante the player able to quickly take a pot with a bluff can make a decent profit since there is typically more money in these pots than in a Hold’em game. The players that make the money online are the ones who learn to bluff.
Seven Card Stud is just one of those games you can only learn through experience. It seems to be very straightforward with little strategy, but that is not the case. If you are interested in learning this game I suggest starting at a very low limit table. Players at these tables often will call with anything and chase impossible hands so remember as you increase limits the players become tighter. As you discover things you need to remember write them down and review these notes as you play.
As you become better at Seven Card Stud you possess a huge advantage over average players. The really good players can make a lot of money, even at the lower limit tables. Work hard at this game and eventually it will pay off.
Poker Columnist
Gary Steele
www.poker-programm.com
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