SEVEN CARD STUD GOLDEN RULES TO LIVE BY!!
- NEVER CALL A HAND when you are beat on the board. If you start with Q-Q in the hole, and somebody is showing K-K or A--A on board – FOLD. Yes it is nice to have a concealed high pair in the hole, but your odds of out running your opponent are just too small.
- TEND TO BELIEVE A FLUSH when a player is showing 3 of a suit on board. If they raise it is almost always true. I would call with 3 of a kind and a chance to fill up, but not with 2 pair.
- IF YOUR FIRST 3 CARDS INCLUDE A PAIR, and you see one of your cards for 3 of a kind sitting elsewhere FOLD. Only exception would be with A-A. With A-A you start off the hand assuming 2 pair will win (besides, who can throw away A-A to start … I can’t).
- IF YOU MAKE A FULL HOUSE ON THE RIVER, and a straight or flush hand has been betting in previous rounds, go for a - check- raise. A straight or a flush will almost always bet the river, and when raised will almost always call.