How to Play 7 Card Stud

[@Septicor]

True story: 7 card stud was the first poker game I ever learned. My grandma taught me everything about the game when I was really young. I love videos like this because a) It helps me learn more that I didn't even think about and b) they remind me of my grandma. She died a couple years ago and I still miss her.

[@gregoryblake5944]

Septicor sorry for your loss

[@xdmemes5821]

:( mine passed away last summer and she fought cancer for an insane number of years. I’m proud of her ❤️

[@HipsterDoofus100]

Nobody needs your whole life story

[@strapalini99]

i know its been 8 years i have a picture of my grams beside my computer shes still with us hopefully longer then its looking sorry to hear

[@jacobcarter4390]

chill

[@truepokerdealer]

I will be teaching how to deal seven card stud live on my channel tomorrow. I saw your Razz video too. Not enough people talk about it, but you REALLY helped give poker a clean, more positive image in the public eye. Without you, poker just wouldn't be the same. Thank you for being such a stand up individual.

[@AndyKaknes]

Nice video Daniel. We need to get more younger players into 7 Card Stud. It truly is a great game.

[@joeleger6488]

I agree, I wish Stud would come back, I'm getting tired of Hold "Em and Omaha.

[@joeleger6488]

@@possibilityspace Well, I am getting tired of playing against a bunch of donkies who suck out on me. Lower stake poker games are the worst, despite what you may think, it's hard to win at that level an $1/2 No limit and $2/$5 Pot Limit games are the worst. Plu, I'm tired of loose maniacs taking seven or eight minutes trying to decide if they want to call me or not.

[@ziwuri]

@@joeleger6488 You're just bad at NLH and want others to play your game and bleed chips to you.

[@joeleger6488]

@@ziwuri Actually no I'm not, in fact I've made good money from NLH and from PLH and from PLO, but I would just like to try something a little different, that's all. Actually, I've never play Stud before and would just like to give it a try one of these days. Actually, the game I don't like is low limit Hold'Em where you have all the calling stations. Ever played that game? You can't get your table image across to a calling station, they suck out on you.

[@imluvinyourmum]

@@joeleger6488 If u don’t like ppl calling u and suck outs, do not play stud ahaha

[@zer0set721]

Thanks for bringing in other games. Finally some poker vids in something other than hold'em. Hold'em is great but it's limited, especially now with all the math/GTO players. This is interesting and exciting stuff. Please keep it up!

[@SkatemeRockme]

Yes and I believe that the poker softwares don't even work for games like stud.

[@joeleger6488]

I agree, too, I'm getting tired of Hold "Em and Omaha.

[@gabrielfranciscatopasin9211]

@ 0:32 you go: "the 50K Poker Player Championship which is my favorite" and last night u just got this bracelet!!! no one deserve this more then you! Congratzzzz mannnnn

[@RyanDepauloDegenerateGambler]

I was literally just about to comment this!

[@edwardklein3093]

I wish there was more Stud to watch. One of the best ways to learn.

[@dimitarmechev9443]

please continue with the videos of.the other games it brings people to them and its great for the game !

[@kyle7313]

love the idea for covering mix game, no one is doing this. great for the community

[@RyanDepauloDegenerateGambler]

0:31 and now you have a title in that under your belt!

[@danielharrison475]

Daniel every video you do sharing your experience with the masses . Congratulations on your stellar career and may good things come to you

[@maximofernandez4957]

I'm 16 and I really love poker (I sound like a super gambler in the future. Anyway, I like the strategy in poker, not just playing good hands all time). When I read the book "Theory of poker" I saw there are a lot of poker variants, not just Hold'em and Omaha. And the first one that took my atention was 7-card stud. It's literally a beautiful game. I love how can you read the oponent hands with the face up cards, and hoe that can be useful for you, cause if you need a card but it is face up in another player hand, you can play cautious.

[@Vanilla_0800]

I just think 7 card stud is a better game than Hol'em

[@sebastianruiz4728]

Great start to the series. Thanks for bringing these other games to the larger recreational playing community who don't have "Super System".

[@brainnet4374]

Congrats on your 2nd in the WSOP this year!

[@elrobbo6]

hey Daniel, you've been may favorite player for years and used to play a LOT of poker but life got in the way. After watching the Hutch video and hearing you talk about it gave me that itch again and really looking forward to getting back to playing. Thanks! Hope all is well!

[@jetjiles49]

Will you be doing an update on any of these "How to play" video series? Like, for example, how the game strategy change, if at all? Or doing an intermediate level "How to" series?

[@chrisferrandino9563]

7 card stud is the first game my Pops taught me growing up as a kid... Great video,....

[@jsprowse]

DNegs: "We're not editing stuff." 1 second later: ROUGH CUT 🤣

[@stevegoldy2196]

i play a lot of 8-game and stud is my worst game so i really appreciate the content. looking forward to PLO next week now,

[@joshuahoggard4378]

Would like to add that your mixed game tournament HORSE event with JCarver was fantastic have seen that video 3/4 times.

[@sull6976]

Thanks for the video. Stud is how I learned to play cards, but all my friends and I play is NL Holdem. Gonna try and get a stud game going...

[@Trephining]

No need for it to be a "stud game" per se, you can just make it dealer's choice. Use a button, like you do in Texas Hold Em, and move the button each hand, again, like in Hold Em. When the button makes a full rotation around the table, a player picks a new game. When the button makes another rotation around the table, the next player picks a new game. Up to you and your game maters if you have a fixed list of games to pick from set ahead of time or just let anyone declare any game they can think of. Not everyone will appreciate someone calling 5 Card Stud for example if they've never heard of, never played it, etc.

[@MrRoSsXxX]

Daniel is the Best!!

[@strapalini99]

DANIEL! keep the content coming on anything but holdem lol i love it im just getting into mixed games i grind holdem mtts and now starting to mix the mix in there loving this content with poker go mixgames tournaments loved watching you play gg!

[@hi_im_eoin]

Daniel please keep these mixed game videos coming! I have a question though, there's so many books and streamers and everything under the light of the sun for learning NHLE. I really enjoy the HORSE games but it's hard to find resources on really improving at these games. What do you reccommend?

[@N0N5T0P]

Hi Daniel, what's your favorite hearthstone decks? :)

[@mikeharrison7604]

Playing my first 7 stud this weekend, appreciate the video, 3 flushes here we come

[@modernbird]

Seven stud is actually the most popular poker game in south korea More popular than no limit texas hold'em

[@runhigh123]

인정 왜 텍사스 홀덤 하는지 이해 못하겠음... 7 card stud is the main, texas hold'em is like super minor. 7 card stud requires watching other cards (whether some cards are out), it's also less deterministic than hold'em which is the reason it is loved.

[@johnwong6598]

This is a rather favorable upload

[@ThePaull3d]

I am quite new to poker and want to learn more... Are your strategy books still topical? Because I've seen your videos where you kind of correct old videos of yours and tell us what's new and how to play nowadays.

[@seanremy5615]

This video is awesome! Love the short video strategy, but if you could do some hand reviews of different games, and possibly HORSE tournament strategy. You would surpass Helmouth as my favorite poker player.

[@philosophyoftrucking]

Very knowledgeable and super likeable. He's taken up the reigns as powker's modern ambassador.

[@gustavoc6812]

Nice initiative Daniel!

[@3h4bMusic]

Thanks, D! I played before but this is a great crash-course before my stud tourney, much appreciated

[@teddyj5187]

I like the one seat because I'm always dealt first. I can then watch all the cards being dealt. I remember the cards better and I also know what cards I don't want to see being dealt out. If I'm in a further seat I have to figure out faster whether I'm playing or not before players throw their cards away. The one way I bypass it is by looking at my down cards immediately and then decide what cards I want face up that I will continue to play with.

[@jacklmno2956]

In my home game we play "roll your own". 3 cards down to start -you flip your own up card. Adds a fun aspect to the game.

[@uwotm8]

In the film 'Tazza: One-Eyed Jacks' they play a variation of 7 card stud that I've never seen before. The only difference to the standard 7 card stud game is the opening deal. The players are each dealt 4 cards face down. They then decide which card they want to muck and which they want to show face up. They then have the standard two face down cards, and one face up, and normal 7 card stud continues afterwards. Also, it was no-limit. What game is this? Also note that in Korea; where the film was made, gambling is illegal so the directors/producers may not have actually known the rules of 7 card stud and made a mistake. This was the third installment of a film franchise where the first two films focused on the the Korean game of Go-Stop (Godori/Hwatu).

[@no1ukno929]

I've seen this variation of Stud in a social poker app years ago called BossPoker. The form of Stud there--named "7 Poker"--matches the description you gave although in BossPoker it was played pot limit. Action was maniac-level crazy although I'm not sure whetheror that that's from the pot limit betting structure or if it's from how social poker apps basically encourage everyone to go full-maniac since there's no real money on the line. Whether or not this form of Stud is actually played in Korea or not I don't know (I do believe there is exactly one casino in Korea that is open to locals--the others are for tourists only) and I guess that's where someone from Korea will have to confirm for us.

[@Theschnaz21]

Limit games are super fun & fast. No tanking in limit!!

[@iacopellimarc992]

Thanks Daniel for the great KZbin channel! !

[@joeleger6488]

I wish Seven Card Stud would return to Canada! I'm so tired of Hold 'Em ( especially No Limit Hold 'Em) and Omaha! I want to go to a casino poker room and play Seven Card Stud!

[@wjumeau]

Thanks Daniel, loving your explanations of the game..... I’m subbed... :)

[@flopalock]

great analysis. 1-5 spread limit and 5/10 limit 7 card stud was all we played until the poker boom hit.

[@GoForMarcin]

Great stuff Daniel! Please cover all the mixed games :)

[@novapokerplayer207]

Are there any casinos out there still running stud cash games regularly? Seems like the only time I ever see it anymore is during the WSOP, or occasionally an event in another long series of tournaments.

[@fartman4824]

Stud and hold em are easily the best poker variants.

[@realfacts2670]

I have a question: You play horse stud section, all 8 players play until the end/no fold, so 56 cards are needed, a deck has 52 cards, so a second deck has to be used for the 4 missing cards, one player is holding 4 Aces, the 4 cards of the second deck includ an Ace which is given to the player with the 4 aces. So the best theoretical hand at Stud poker are 5 Aces or not???

[@AMagno12]

Good question. I know nothing about 7 card stud, but according to Wikipedia, there are also 4 burn cards which can be reused to deal the river. If the burn cards are not enough to deal everyone a card, a community card is dealt.

[@Traumtheater0]

Best Song ever? Josh Wink's "Higher rake of consciousness" . Just kidding. LOVE Daniel's new videos:-)

[@chward8]

Really great idea to cover other games. It would be nice if the WSOP would create some low entry stud tourney's to encourage people to learn the game. They sure offer enough deep stack NLHM's. I wonder if there are enough competent stud dealers to handle it.

[@frank2982]

They have a $1500 Stud on June 28th this year. But if you are referring to lower than $1500 then yes they should do these games but it should be done at the Circuit events. Don't need anymore $500 tournaments for bracelets.

[@chward8]

I wasn't thinking about bracelet events but WSOP runs three or four Rio deepstack events almost every day! They could introduce players to stud by having one or two of these per week turned into stud events just to break the monotony.

[@pcs56]

Excellent video. Thank you for posting this.

[@pavelsojka9498]

Dear Daniel, I have question about fourth street and higher. If only two players are in game and their face up cards are same - for example QsTd and QhTh who will play first and why? Thank you so much for answer (or someone else who know it...) and good luck in session with Polk.

[@Trephining]

.. can't remember for sure, but think it's the first person to the left of the dealer going around clock-wise, rather than using suits, which would be more fair, given the suits would be uniformly distributed

[@ricex18]

Thank you for this Negreanu

[@robertwilbrand3441]

One thing that I notice is missing from most introduction videos on Stud is that the strength of draws is not only influenced by dead outs, but that there are also fewer unknown cards. In Hold Em, there are always 46 unknown cards on the turn, so your odds are X out of 46. Compare that with 6th street in Stud: if it was a full 8-player game and you're heads up with everyone else folding on 3rd, there are still 16 known cards (your 6, your opponent's 4 up cards and the 6 folded by other players), and even more if some players folded on later streets. That can make some draws contextually much stronger. A fully live gutshot, for example, is 4/36 (i.e. 1/9) to hit in the above scenario. Those are odds you are usually getting (ignoring that the hand might still lose, for simplicity's sake).

[@vanja300]

Can you please make a video about 2016 Main Event Final Table between Nguyen and Vayo J5 vs Q9 hand?! Do you think that Vayo made mistake by checking the river , I do??

[@Trephining]

We were all wondering this.

[@desmondotook4914]

Yep, thanks for something different not just Holdem it was getting real old real fast.

[@MrZakc]

hey daniel out of the thousands and thousands of hands you have played how many times have you had a royal flush?

[@yeshuadange2627]

It’s a shame this game is dead , best variation in poker

[@movieguy7398]

make sure you have an ace high flush draw. i see flush over flush all the time.

[@paddaman2003]

Hey Daniel, silly question but couldn't find the answer anywhere: If two players have nut flush (different suits obviously) is the pot split?

[@Daracurtin]

craig fraser I'm pretty sure it goes to the next high card. eg. AQT97 would beat AJT98.

[@BrendanBeckett]

Only if the kickers are all identical. AQ895 flush beats AJT97 flush.

[@paddaman2003]

Cheers, thanks for clearing that up.

Theoretically speaking, what if both players' flushes are made of the same cards? Like AT954 of Hearts vs AT954 of Spades. Do Spades win there, or is it a tie?

[@GrayLemons]

Highest card in the flush wins. If identical flushes the pot is split, always.

[@KnellosaurLP]

You're such a down-to-earth, cool guy

[@castlehill6717]

KnellosaurLP Except when it comes to rake

[@ninovalentijn]

This is the thing I needed in my life.

[@SaberTooth_TFG]

Any Usogui readers here? 😂

[@machinegunkela7197]

Here

[@michaelsieger9133]

Is this the game they were playing on the Sopranos?

[@jihad4realniz]

You mean with the Cheeseguy and Sil is getting Aggro cause of this Guy and Richie is coming in ? Yes the playing Stud

[@SGProductions87]

Surely it would be fairer if two or more players are showing the same hand, the person with the highest suit showing will go first, that way any player at the table could potentially go first if they happen to have that situation in their favour? For example: P1: xxAdAh P2. xxAsAc Player two goes first here, because he has the spade.

[@SlideWolfGaming]

Great video Daniel! Can you make one about Omaha HiLo? (I have no clue what is going on in that game)

[@ninovalentijn]

It's quite simple actually. Spend 2 minutes playing a hand then give both players half the pot.

[@Trephining]

@@ninovalentijn Welcome to join my game any time.

[@ninovalentijn]

@@Trephining because of my tremendous humour?

[@mackenziebowers8348]

More mixed games please !!!

[@daltonstephenson7669]

More stud and more limit Get some players together for a “friendly game” of stud, Daniel! I’d watch that! Do stud, Chicago, pineapple stud. It would be fun!

[@nickgebhardt4863]

Nines or better wired. Jacks or better split. 3 high cards to a flush. If it's good enough to call its good enough to raise. Tight but aggressive

[@imluvinyourmum]

What about gut shots

[@Trephining]

@@imluvinyourmum What is a "gut shot"?

[@steveharada2961]

Hi, how would you play rolled up with trips?

[@Trephining]

consider raising

[@tylerholloway5474]

advice playing home good youngest player by 20 years and usually just get bullied because of stack size but I want to play what do I do?

[@teddyj5187]

Tyler Holloway tighten your range. Play rolled up, 3 high card straights and flushes. I was down to my last 6 dollars once and left with 400. You can make money when people attack your stack with nothing and you can go back over the top of them.

[@Trephining]

In a cash game there isn't really any such thing as being bullied by stack size. Especially not in structured betting, like limit games.

[@VegasLoungeAct]

I love 7 card stud, and it's so frustrating that no casinos except Bellagio spread it in Vegas. ☹️

[@Trephining]

Snap back to before 2003, and in lots of LV poker rooms, all that was dealt was 1-5 spread limit 7 card stud. And for HE, the majority of the games were limit. You'd go into Mirage, Bellagio, Binion's, and find HE, Omaha, Omaha Hi-Lo, 7 Card Stud, 7 Card Stud Hi-Lo.

[@coltpython5763]

Hold'em destroyed The Game of Poker you cannot find a fucking stuck game nowhere and I hate it I love seven card stud

[@felipelumo2705]

Great, more no-NLTH stuff please Daniel, it's very appreciated !

[@scottkingston5503]

great vid keep it up

[@westsidecourtesy9949]

Thanks Daniel!

[@TheBrainTrainer21]

Should you always bet max if you pair your door card?

[@teddyj5187]

Dustin G depends on door card. It also depends on the players at the table. If all you have are a low pair and you know the guy with 2 suited or 2 high cards showing always calls then tread cautiously.

[@Trephining]

Could have just said "no". It's poker. There aren't many "always" type situations.

[@ademirbp484]

Great Video.

[@DJClarkson7]

make more of these please :)

[@kingofkings69ner]

I've hit a royal flush 3 times in a row during a tournament at the casino while playing this game

[@ohiyesa3698]

is there any game that is developing and will be like poker was 10 years ago

[@stevedavis2973]

AA6suited nut vs KK6 rainbow. What are the odds on KK6suited second nut vs AA6suited nut?

[@Trephining]

What do those words mean? "what are the odds on .. .. .." ? Are you asking what is the probability of something happening?

[@lakehousetv4523]

Thanks Daniel

[@dreamwalker9308]

I am a wannabe bracelet winner... lol. Nice vid thnx.

[@robinvendrone6550]

Thanks for the tutorial. see ya at the tables

[@sunled5602]

Love you Daniel

[@joshuahoggard4378]

Can you do a Razz hands series? lol

[@MrAndersonmm]

Been trying to get a mixed game with stud games going in KC for years. Once a week. It'll go anywhere from $4-$8 to $10-$20. It goes for 3-4 weeks then fizzles and dies. I really miss being able to play online as I used to play the lower level mixed games all the time and loved them. I get so bored playing Hold 'em and PLO. At least there's 3-4 times a week an O8 game runs.

[@enriqueleon1169]

Help please! Is this variant of poker original? You are dealt 5 cards, if you are in, instead of discarding, you receive 3 additional cards, and you make your best 5 card hand from these 8. No communal cards. What is this variant of poker called? We've been calling it "f*ckers" for years now.

[@BOATRIGHTGOLF]

How can you see everyone's cards from one end of the table in a full ring game?

[@teddyj5187]

Michael Boatright the up cards are up in betting circle. They can only keep their down cards close to them. If lighting is bad you can ask the dealer what they have up. Also make them spread their cards because lazy players will let cards cover each other.

[@BOATRIGHTGOLF]

@@teddyj5187 I say bring back 5 card draw,pure bluffing.

[@philip6419]

Whats with the snorts? Cold?

[@gregsouthern160]

yea or that Coca.. lol

[@trdi]

More of this.

[@Sethbowman3]

"Learn how to play 7 card stud in just 15 short minutes with me, Daniel Negreanu."

[@maxallison3238]

Are you going to upload any more of the hand analysis you did with JCarver?

[@izackyful]

Hello Dears, congratulations, strategic cold a have in holdin

[@hillwalker8741]

Thanks Dan for changing it up - don't think you said whether the last card is up or down, good analysis of odds and limit advantages - I can kill everyone in a home game in 7 card - but get me out of the house and I am a dead luck loser - never understood that

[@teddyj5187]

Trail Guy it's because you know your home game players. I'm also guessing they play more for fun. The variance of skill sets and knowledge is better in card rooms.

[@bennyschapero2049]

Really Great!!!

[@paulthompson8642]

Love the game

[@victorvaleanu]

Don't be a hero trying to fold rivers and also don't be a hero trying to bluff rivers since he is getting 8 to 1 as well ;)

[@buzzcut13]

"50,000 dollar Poker Player Championship which is my absolute favorite" - 7 years later he wins a braclet for it.

[@brendanprimus3211]

first game i ever learned

[@tylerflynn1332]

You sound just like Edward Norton!!

[@donnyray9922]

That's actually a little funny. I can play stud all day with anybody. Hold-em, I suck at. I guess Im still trying to apply my stud strategy to holdem. That and my luck sucks. Stud I can play on knowledge alone. Hold em requires more luck than stud

[@rickystephenson518]

Gulp I'm viewer 666 ,great vids keep em coming dan