If you have a good first card, you cannot hide it. The key to success in Five-Card Stud is to start a game with a better card. If any player managed to create One Pair in the third round, then the right to start betting would come to him or her again etc. If a player with a Queen (highest visible card) started betting in the first round and other player was dealt a King or an Ace in the second round, then the right to bet first in this round would come over to him or her. The order of betting can change after a new card. The player who has the strongest visible hand starts betting, not a player at the dealer's left like in Poker Draw. There is a special rule in 5-Card Stud as regards betting. Of course if any player before you bets or raises you have to either call or re-raise to stay in the game. So a nice sum of money can occur in the pot. After the initial round of betting the remaining three cards are dealt in successive steps with a round of betting after each new card (see the illustration below). In Five-Card Stud Poker each player is dealt two cards – one is face down, the other one face up. Thus it is also visible who has theoretically the best hand during the game. The remaining cards are dealt face up, so each player can see the cards of their opponents. Unlike Poker Draw, in 5-Card-Stud the cards are not traded and players are dealt only one card face down.
