Seven Card Stud Question (1 Viewer)

[Alex Lundstrum]

Question on a rule of Seven Card Stud. I don't play very often, but would like to try to start mixing it in in the home game, which I deal the whole night. Almost every rule set I've found says that in the case of a 4th-7th street tie of up cards, the player closest to the dealer has first action. Doesn't this unfairly benefit those sitting in later seats? One rule set mentions passing a "stud button" that is symbolic dealer position for this instance as well as odd chip.

Can anyone out there verify that a button should be used and/or argue that this rule doesn't benefit later seats (seats 7, 8, etc.)?

Thank you.

 

[Rhodeman77]

If you are playing a mixed game that changes as you play an orbit +1 hands then you would be using a button anyways to keep track of the hands to know when to switch. So just use that button and it will be fair to everyone.

 

[JustinInMN]

The official rule is to break the tie by suit. So if both players have AK showing the one holding the ace of spades would be high, then hearts, diamonds, and clubs.

I would use this rule whether or not you decide to use a button.

While the button rule @Rhodeman77 proposes is fair, the other is consistent with stud outside of a mixed game where a button is unnecessary.

In my casino, the procedure in mixed games is to play 8 hands of each game tracked by blank gray chips in front of the dealer next to a plackard with the name of the current game. The dealer moves one chip to the right when cutting the deck. When 8 hands are played the next game starts and all gray chips return to the left pile.

During stud games the button is "frozen" with the player due to have it on the next hand of a button game.

Hope this helps.

 

[JustinInMN]

So to add, Robert's Rules for home games has the rule of action always the player that recieves cards first in the event of identical hands.

Caro and Cooke's, which is only available though the archive.org wayback machine, has the suit rule with the explanation as to why it is superior to the recieves cards first rule. (See rule 8 following link below.)

https://wayback.archive.org/web/20031207064036/http://www.poker1.com:80/mcu/rules/b_article5.asp