Content Summary : For decades, 7 Card Stud has been America’s most popular pokervariation. Today, while more people play Texas Hold’em, Stud is stillquite popular in card rooms and home games around the world. Play in 7 Card Stud is through five sequential rounds of betting; 3rdStreet, 4th Street, 5th Street, 6th Street and the River. In limit gamesthe first 2 rounds are at the lower limit and the remaining 3 rounds areat the higher limit. To start the hand, the deck is shuffled, the antes are posted and eachplayer is dealt two cards face-down and one card face-up. After thesecards are dealt there is a round of betting. This first round of betting is at the lower limit. These cards and this betting action are referred toas 3rd Street.