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Game of Seven-Card Stud – Part 2

In the Fourth Street Round

A fact to be noted in Fourth Street round of betting is if one of the players has a pair formed with the face-up cards then he/she will have the following choices: to check, to make a $2 small bet or a $4 big bet. In this case, the amount chosen by the mentioned player becomes the increment for Fourth Street round. If the mentioned player checks, the bets and raises will be the smaller amount (in $2-$4 game, it is $2).

After Fourth Street Round of Betting

Similar to Fourth Street round, one face-up card is dealt each in Fifth Street and Sixth Street rounds. All the bets and the raises will be for increasingly larger amount in the Fifth and Sixth Street. In the final round, the players are dealt with the seventh card, also known as Seventh Street or river card. In this case, the river card will be dealt face-down such that each player will have three face-down and four face-up cards. After the completion of the final round of betting, all the players should turn over their cards as they try making the best possible five-card hand with the seven cards they hold. The player having the best five-card hand will win the pot.