5 CARD STUD POKER

BASIC RULES AND THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS

BETTING

Betting is one of the most important elements of the Poker game. It consists in adding a specific amount of money to the pot on the table. Having created the pot, each player has three possibilities:

If a player went to great expense during previous bets, it is not necessary for them to leave the game if betting continues and they have no money to call. When they feel that they have "good cards", which will let them win they add all they have to the pot (i.e. all-in), and all bet surpluses are transferred to another pot (i.e. side-pot). If a "poor" player wins, they receive the amount only from the pot they added money to. The "side-pot" is received by the player who has the second best card combination.

It is widely accepted that the names of a raise and a call change depending on the sequence of raise in a particular betting. If nobody has raised, a call is called "Call"; if somebody has raised, it is called "Check". A raise is called "Bet", if nobody has raised; if there was a raise, it is called "Raise"; if the game is played with a limit, and it is the last raise turn allowed, it is called "Cap".

RAISING RULES

STRUCTURED LIMIT

1. Before the first deal all players post a bring-in, equal to the double value of BLIND (call); The minimum Bet/Raise stake is equal to BLIND (call).
2. In the first betting the player who is the first after the dealer begins the actual bidding. In the first two betting turns the minimum Bet/Raise stake is double BLIND, in the third and fourth turn it is four times BLIND. The number of betting turns in one betting is limited to four.

There are two kinds of STRUCTURED LIMIT:
      1. BET LIMIT - which means that the BLIND (Call) will simultaneously be the stake base. Thus, if we set the BLIND (Call) to 100$, during the first and the second betting the stake and the raise will equal 200$, and during the third and the fourth ones - 400$. In this mode there is no possibility of adjusting the stake,
      2. POT LIMIT - Minimum raise is the value of the previous person's raise, and maximum raise is the sum of the stake lying on the table and the amount the latest player raised by. For the first person in a new turn the minimum raise is the amount of BLIND.

NO LIMIT

The Call structure is the same as in case of the structured limit The minimum Bet/Raise stake is the amount of BLIND (Call). There is no limit to the number of raising turns in one betting.

Apart from traditional Call structure (bring-in, blind, small-blind, large-blind, ante), our Pokers make it possible to define the so-called table stake. It is the amount which is added to the above-mentioned values. Such a method enables us to start the game with some initial table betting, which is obligatory for each player. The "table stake" is presented as Ante at the table.