When the Texas Hold’em wave swept the world a decade back, it brought quite a few casualties with it. One of the games that unfortunately ended up on a distant shore, with only a few loyal players visiting it, was my beloved Seven-Card Stud.
Luckily, more and more people are getting fed up with “holdem this” and “holdem that” and want to try this century-old game that started the first poker boom a 100 years or so back.
Stud is played in the WSOP, plays an essential role in popular mixed-games like H.O.R.S.E and there are nowadays many active Stud players on the Net. Therefore, Stud is no longer just a historic game. Its future actually looks brighter than it has for many years.
In this blog, I will keep you updated on the world of Stud including Seven-Card, Five-Card, Razz, Eight-or-Better, Mississippi Stud and more. I’ll provide strategy tips, post results from stud tournaments around the world and give you my view of the game; what it was, what it has become, and naturally, how you should do to beat your opponents.