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Five Card Stud

In Five Card Stud, the dealer gives each player a facedown card, called the hole card, and then a face-up card. Each player looks at the face of his hole card but does not show it. Here the deal is interrupted for a betting interval; but from this point on, all cards are dealt face up.

In the first betting interval, the player who was dealt the highest-ranking face-up card must make a bet (if there is a tie for highest-ranking face-up card, the player who first received his card must bet first). After the high-card bets, the betting interval continues until the bets are equalized, A player may drop out at any time, as in any other form or Poker.

In five card stud the dealer picks up the remainder of the pack and gives each active player another face-up card, and there is another betting interval, commencing again with the player who has the highest poker combination showing. A pair, of course, outranks any combination that does not include a pair; and of two pairs, the higher one outranks the other. If there is no pair, the high card showing determines precedence, and if there is a tie for high card, the second card controls the order, with final determination left to proximity in rotation to the dealer, as in the case of the first card. However, checking is allowed after the first round and there need be no betting if all active players check.

In the same manner, a third round of face-up cards is dealt to each active player, there is a betting interval, and a final round of face-up cards is dealt to each active player, so that eventually each player has five cards. After a final betting interval, each player who has not dropped turns up his hole card for the showdown.

A player who drops must "fold his hand" by turning down all his face-up cards. It is poor etiquette for a player who drops to reveal his hole card.

When Five Card Stud is played high-low, many games allow a player to turn up his hole card before the last card is dealt and receive his last card face down.