YG777 Stud Poker: Seven-Card and Five-Card Stud Explained
Stud poker deals each player a mix of face-down and face-up cards with no community cards.
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Stud poker is poker without a board. Every card you hold was dealt to you alone, some face down and some face up, so you read opponents from what they show rather than from shared cards. This page walks through how seven-card and five-card stud are dealt and where both part ways with Hold’em.
For the wider set of tables, the card games online hub at YG777 lines them up side by side. Play at 21+ only.
How stud poker is dealt, street by street
Each round of dealing is called a street, and a betting round follows it. The two main versions differ in how many cards you receive.
| Street | Seven-card stud | Five-card stud |
|---|---|---|
| Opening deal | 2 face down, 1 face up | 1 face down, 1 face up |
| Next up cards | One face up on each of the next three streets | One face up on each of the next three streets |
| Last card | 1 face down (seventh street) | None; the fifth card is dealt face up |
| Betting rounds | 5 | 4 |
| Final hand | Best five of seven | All five cards |
A hand of seven-card stud ends with each player holding three face-down and four face-up cards. A hand of five-card stud ends with one hidden card and four showing, which makes it the quicker game to read.
Who acts first in stud poker
The first round is opened by a forced bet. The player showing the lowest up card posts a small bring-in, with suits breaking ties in some rooms. After that, the player whose up cards make the best hand speaks first, so a visible pair acts before an unmatched board.
The reasoning is plain: with no button moving around the table, the cards themselves decide who has position. A player whose face-up cards are strong gets pressure on early, and a player with weak showing cards is the one who pays for the first bet.
| Round | Who acts first |
|---|---|
| First betting round | Lowest up card (bring-in) |
| Later rounds | Best poker hand showing |
Stud poker versus Hold’em
The two games reward different reading skills. This table sets them side by side.
| Feature | Stud poker | Hold’em |
|---|---|---|
| Community cards | None | Five |
| Private cards | Two or one hidden depending on the version | Two hole cards |
| Visible information | Each opponent’s up cards | The shared board |
| Positional button | None; up cards set the order | Dealer button rotates |
| Hand made from | Your own cards only | Hole cards plus board |
Because seven players use 49 of the 52 cards in a seven-card game, a full table is the practical limit; an eighth player would need a shared last card, which is a community-card trick borrowed from Hold’em.
House-banked stud games against the dealer
Not every stud-style table pits you against other players. A Caribbean-stud-type game deals you five cards and the dealer five with one showing; you ante, look at your hand, then fold or raise at twice the ante, and the dealer usually needs ace-king or better to qualify. The paytable and any jackpot add-on belong to the table, so read them in the game’s own window rather than from memory.
A ₱100 ante, as a round-number example, becomes ₱300 in total once you raise at twice the ante.
If you prefer a faster comparison with simpler decisions, the three card poker rules explained step by step cover a three-card version where the only choice is to play or fold.
Counting stud hands
A five-card hand can be chosen from 52 cards in 2,598,960 ways (52 times 51 times 50 times 49 times 48 divided by 120). Seven cards contain 21 different five-card subsets, since 7 choose 5 equals 21, which is why a seven-card stud player has many more chances at a made hand than a five-card one. A royal flush, for example, is four hands out of 2,598,960, or one in 649,740 on a plain five-card deal.
Finding stud poker in the YG777 lobby
Open Poker from the menu to see its 7 studios (Kings Poker, KingMidas, SWGaming, Jili, JDB, 7Xgames and RiCH88), or Live to see its 14. Look for a stud table in the list, open it and read its rules before betting. Rules live inside each game’s own window.
For a break from cards, dice games that sit beside poker explain how their bets work.
FAQ
What is the difference between stud poker and Hold'em?
Hold'em shares five community cards between all players. Stud shares nothing: every card belongs to one player, and some of them are face up for everyone to see.
How many cards does seven-card stud use for the final hand?
Each player is dealt seven cards and makes the best five-card hand from them. The other two cards are ignored.
Who bets first in stud poker?
On the first round the player showing the lowest up card posts the bring-in. On later rounds the player whose up cards make the best poker hand acts first.
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