Five Card Stud Tips
Five Card Stud is easier than most forms of poker because your opponents only have one face down card. It’s won not by straights or flushes but mostly by high cards and pairs so keep an eye out for those. You should definitely fold if you don’t have a pair in your first three cards or at least a live card that beats everyone else’s hands. Here are some more strategy tips for playing this game both at online casinos and physical gambling arenas.
• Pay attention to the players hands that have folded so you know which cards are out of the deck.
• Pay attention to the players themselves, study their hands, try to predict their moves.
• Don’t get overconfident if you’ve got a high card, it won’t mean anything if put against someone with a stronger pair of cards than you.
• Bluff badly every now and then so you get called on it, people won’t be able to predict when you’re actually bluffing for real and it will make you a harder opponent to beat.
• If your hand (including the facedown card) is beaten by someone else’s face up cards you should fold.
• Trust your instincts.
• And above all don’t play with money you can’t afford to lose.
The last two are good advice to follow both in poker and in real life!
