Who this site is for
Read Who This Site Is For. We do make some assumptions about your skill level (that you know the mechanics of playing the game). If you don't know how to play we give you some tips to get started.
Ideas for the loose, multiway game
Watch the cards.
Play the whole hand.
Practical poker education for loose seven-card Stud games.
For beginning and intermediate players in small-stakes games.
Latest study / 01SEVEN-CARD STUD
Three Hearts, Half the Draw
Three exposed hearts in the muck can almost halve the flush chance of the same starting hand. A five-player study puts numbers on why remembering folded cards matters.
Your third-street hand
A♥♥K♥♥7♥♥
Remembered folded hearts
9♥♥10♥♥J♥♥
Same hand. Different live cards.Showdown equity is not betting profit.
Where to begin
Get the fundamentals.
Then ask better questions.
Basic concepts
Work your way through the other topics listed under Basic Concepts (Table Selection, Starting Hands, Hi/Lo Concepts, Counting Cards, Position, Semi-Bluff and Article and Essays sections)
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Note that our starting hands are specifically tailored for online casino games where four or more people are involved in the hand. If you are playing in a tighter game you need to make some adjustments and account for the tighter ranges those games create.
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Three Hearts, Half the Draw — How remembered folded hearts change the same stud draw.
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