5 Card Stud

5 Card Stud  is the same as the more popular 7 card stud, the only difference being the number of cards dealt.

Players are dealt five cards  and must make their best possible 5 card poker hand from the cards they are dealt in four rounds.

Play begins with a small ante from each player at the table and then two cards face down and one card face up are dealt to each player.

Betting begins with the forced bet (also called the bring in) by the player with the highest up card and play moves in a clockwise direction with players either calling the bring, completing the bet (raising to the lower limit) or folding. All betting rounds have a a limit of three re-raises.

Any player still in the hand is dealt another up card and another round of betting begins with the player whose up cards make the best hand.

No straight flushes or full houses will count since there are less than 5 cards face up.

Next a third up card is dealt followed by another round of betting.

Then a final up card is dealt followed by the final round of betting then a showdown.

Players must make their best 5-card poker hand out of the seven cards they were dealt at the showdown.

5 card stud can be summarized as 1 down, 4 up.

For more Five Card Stud information, see Wikipedia.