Viva Macau Poker - 5 Card Stud

5 Card Stud is a varient of 7 Card Stud where players are dealt only five cards instead of seven. This reduces the number of betting rounds and shortens the playing time of each hand. For this reason, this is a very popular online poker game.

As with 7 Card Stud, the game begins with a small ante from all players at the table and each player is dealt one card face down and one card face up.

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

3 more betting rounds will commence. A new card will be dealt face up to each player before the betting round. 5 card stud is summarized as 1 down, 4 up.The player with the highest value hand will be the first to play. Because there are less than 5 cards face up no straights flushes or full houses will count for this.

At the showdown the player with the best 5-card Poker Hand wins the pot.

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