
Stud Poker
General Stud Poker Rule Variations
These are some general stud poker rule variations.
Some poker rule variations can be applied to almost any
stud poker game, and combinations of these
poker rule variations can be used to
create ad-hoc stud poker games. These include roll your own, rollouts,
blind stud, and twist rounds.
Any stud poker game can also be changed by adding one or more jokers to
the deck to act as wild cards, or by designating certain
other cards as wild. Some specific common stud poker rule variations
include low hole card wild, in which each stud poker player's lowest ranking
down card (and all other cards of that same rank) are wild in that
poker player's hand only, and follow the queen, in which each
time a Q is dealt face up to anyone in the stud poker game, the next face up card
(and all others of that rank) become wild. The usual
practice in follow the queen is that if a second Q appears
among the up cards, the previous wild card loses its status
to the new wild card following the second Q.
One can also vary any stud poker
game by dealing extra down cards and requiring either that one
or more hole cards be discarded at some point in the stud poker game or adding
a restriction on how many of those hole cards may be played in the final stud
poker hand.
For example, five card stud poker
can be modified by dealing each poker player an extra down card at the start of the
poker game, and adding the restriction that each poker player may only use one of his
two down cards in his final poker hand. This stud poker game is called
Crocodile Stud Poker. Likewise, seven card
stud poker
can be modified by dealing each poker player three down cards instead
of two on the first poker betting round, but adding the restriction that a
poker player
may use no more than two of those cards in his final poker hand (called
Buffalo Stud Poker; if the extra hole card must be discarded
after the first poker betting
round, then it is Australian Stud Poker).
If playing one of these stud poker games without the requirement to
discard the extra hole card at some time during play, it is
recommended as a practical matter to ensure compliance that
each poker player physically discards one hole card immediately
before showdown, before revealing the "live" hole cards (so
that there can be no confusion about which cards were down).
Stud poker rule variations can also be made by eliminating
poker betting rounds or dealing
more than one up card at a time for one or more poker betting rounds. For example,
Mississippi Stud poker
is basically seven card stud poker
with the second poker betting round removed, and the last card dealt face up instead of
face down. Further, adding an extra hole card as above makes it
Murrumbidgee Stud poker.
Poker games that mix stud-like poker betting rounds with community cards are discussed on the
community card poker
page.

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