| 5-Card Stud poker was at one time the favorite poker | | | | that call are then dealt a final face up card. The betting |
| game. Up until the Civil War 5 Card Stud was the | | | | is completed and the cards are turned face up. The |
| game that poker players sat down to play. The game | | | | best high poker hand wins the hand and rakes in the |
| moved up the Mississippi River from New Orleans and | | | | pot. If a player wants to see the way the game was |
| then west in the saloons of the old west. During the | | | | played in the old days rent the movie Cincinnati Kid and |
| Civil war the game became popular with soldiers on | | | | watch the play. |
| both sides of the conflict and a version of poker has | | | | 5-Card Stud is not as popular as it once was and |
| remained popular ever since that time. | | | | many casinos do not even spread the game each |
| 5-Card Stud is a relatively simple game to play as | | | | day. Seven Card Stud and Holdem have replaced it in |
| each player is dealt 5 cards one at a time. The first | | | | the typical poker room. It is very hard to find a game |
| one is dealt face down and then another face up. | | | | online throughout the day, although some will offer it on |
| There are variations of how the betting starts at this | | | | a special day of the week. |
| point, but the usual way is for the lowest card showing | | | | It is fairly hard to bluff in while playing 5 card, as its |
| to start the betting. A round of betting follows the face | | | | easy to work what every other player might have in |
| up card. Those players that make the call are then | | | | their hand. The lack of variations in 5 card has led to |
| dealt another face up card. A second round of betting | | | | some of the other card games being more popular |
| follows and those that call are dealt another face up | | | | with poker players such as Holdem. Still it is a very |
| card. At this point each player has four cards. Any | | | | popular poker variation that can be fun as a change |
| player with a high value pair has a very strong hand. A | | | | from the routine. |
| player with high cards still has a draw. Those players | | | | |